Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201169109 - Employee Amputates Thumb When Grinding Wheel Flies Apart

Accident Summary Nr: 201169109 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 04/09/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126161967	04/13/2007	1791	238120	Lucky Fence & Iron

Abstract: On April 9, 2007, Employee #1 was working as a construction laborer for GBS, a structural steel and iron work subcontractor working on a 9-story mixed-use building. Employee #1 had been working for GBS for three weeks, and it was his second day at this job site. He was working on the sixth floor of the building, using a DeWalt Model Number D28402 4.5-inch angle grinder, with Serial Number 484858, to grind the end of a bolt, when the abrasive wheel broke. The grinder's guard was missing at the time of the accident, and the wheel's pieces flew into Employee #1's hands. Both of his hands sustained lacerations, and the tip of his left thumb was amputated. He was hospitalized. The causal factor of the accident was the flying fragments from the abrasive wheel. It is not clear why the disc was broken. Employee #1 did not inspect it before he used it.

Keywords: GRINDER, AMPUTATED, GUARD, CONSTRUCTION, THUMB, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, GRINDING WHEEL, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	7

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126161967			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause: Other

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