Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201165768 - Drywall Movement Amputates Employee's Finger

Accident Summary Nr: 201165768 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 01/23/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126060383	03/18/2004	1542	236220	Raymond Interior Systems

Abstract: At approximately 11:25 a.m. on January 23, 2004, Employee #1, a carpenter, was working on a Perry scaffold at a height of approximately 5-ft installing a 10-ft by 2-ft piece of a pre-cut dry wall around a non-energized electrical box. Employee #1 was holding the dry wall in the middle with his left hand and reached for the screw gun with his right hand when the dry wall started to slip. Employee #1 repositioned his left hand and inadvertently placed it in the electrical box. The piece of dry wall did not hold and rotated, twisting and cutting Employee #1's finger on the metal electrical box. Employee #1 suffered a partial tip amputation to his left index finger. Employee #1 was treated for his injury but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, ELECTRICAL BOX

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126060383			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Other

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