Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201173598 - Employee's finger amputated when caught by trailer hitch

Accident Summary Nr: 201173598 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 02/20/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125709923	03/21/2003	1742	238310	Capital City Drywall Inc

Abstract: On February 20, 2003, Employee #1 was putting a trailer mounted texture machine in the warehouse. The support leg for the tongue folded pinching his fingers between the leg and the trailer tongue. He was hospitalized with an amputated finger.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, COLLAPSE, WAREHOUSE, TRAILER HITCH, TRAILER TRUCK, TRAILER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		Under $50,000	2	5

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125709923			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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