Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201180957 - Employee's Finger Amputated When Pulled Into A Pulley

Accident Summary Nr: 201180957 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 12/11/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125613406	12/18/2001	1541	0	California Engineering Contractors

Abstract: At approximately 11:45 a.m. on December 11, 2001, Employee #1, an iron worker for California Engineering, went up to a snatch block to take the twist out of the hoisting cable and take the rigging of the steel plate from the pier cap to a gusset on a tower. He turned the pulley, instead of the block, and his right glove became caught between the pulley and the lifting cable, pulling his right middle finger into the pulley, partially amputating his right middle finger. Employee #1 was hospitalized to treat his finger.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, WIRE ROPE, FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LOAD LINE, PULLEY, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		$50,000 to $250,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125613406			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Bolting-Up/Detail Work Fatality Cause: Other

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