Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201103736 - Employee's fingers crushed and amputated by pipe wrench

Accident Summary Nr: 201103736 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 04/16/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300816329	05/22/2003	1531	236210	Corey Delta Inc.

Abstract: On April 16, 2003, Employee #1, a journeyman pipe fitter and a coworker were working from an elevated manlift. They were helping to pull a 80 ft, 12 in. carbon steel pipe through a pipe rack. A crane was pulling the pipe with a pulley system and a cable around the pipe. The cable around the pipe was hung up on the lower lip of the pipe rack. Employee #1 placed a pipe wrench on the pipe opening in order to rock the pipe. Once the wrench was on the pipe, the pipe moved forward, the wrench slipped and pinned the employee's finger against the pipe wrench and the pipe rack. This smashed the employee's finger and caused an amputation to the first joint. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, PINNED, PIPE WRENCH, CRUSHED, PIPE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	11

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300816329			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Other

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