Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201179884 - Employee Amputates Fingers When Granite Slabs Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 201179884 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 09/13/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309365377	01/31/2006	3281	327991	Elite Stoneworks Inc

Abstract: At approximately 12:30 p.m. on September 13, 2005, an employee was working for Elite Stoneworks, located in Sacramento, California. He was wheeling a cart that held two granite slabs when it rolled into a depression on the ground. The employee tried to stop the load from falling by grabbing one of the granite slabs. His right middle finger was crushed between the slabs. The employee was treated and released from the hospital on the same day. However, his finger could not be saved and on September 30, his finger was amputated and the employee was hospitalized following surgery.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, UNEVEN GROUND, FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALLING OBJECT, CART, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309365377			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.

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