Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201096815 - Employee's fingers crushed by a forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 201096815 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 10/14/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126135920	10/24/2003	1761	238160	Mayer Roofing

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on October 14, 2003, an employee was working as a roofer at a single family housing project under construction. His fingers made contact with the boom and carriage of a forklift while he was being lowered on the forks of the forklift to the ground from the roof. The employee sustained 2 amputated fingers, and was not hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, HOISTING MECHANISM, FINGER, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, ROOFER, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126135920			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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