Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201164183 - Construction employee 's fingers amputated by wire sling

Accident Summary Nr: 201164183 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 10/03/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126059013	10/04/2002	1794	0	Shoring Engineers

Abstract: On October 3, 2002, a construction employee was preparing to move a trench box. The plan was to attach a wire rope sling to the box and lift it with a Caterpillar 977 track loader. The loader had teeth that extended out approximately 4 inches from the front of the bucket. As the employee attempted to put the wire rope over the teeth of the loader, another employee raised the bucket slightly, catching his coworker's index and middle fingertips between the wire rope and bucket teeth. The fingertips were crushed and required subsequent surgery and amputation to just beyond the fingernails.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, WIRE ROPE, FINGER, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	4	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126059013			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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