Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201163185 - Employee Injured Installing Sheet Metal

Accident Summary Nr: 201163185 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 09/28/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126061191	10/04/2001	1711	0	Kahn Air Conditioning Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing sheet metal ducting in the ceiling using a scissor-lift during the renovation of an old building. As Employee #1 went up in the lift a section of ducting began to fall and he reached up to grab it. Employee #1 pinched his right hand between the top rail of the lift, the sheet metal, and the roof of the room. The sheet metal caused a deep laceration in Employee #1's palm, cutting tendons. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: TENDON, DUCT, SHEET METAL, LACERATION, FALLING OBJECT, HAND, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126061191			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Sheet metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Other

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