Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201182482 - Employee Suffers Fractured Hand When Crushed by I-Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 201182482 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 05/25/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307393066	07/25/2005	1611	237310	Shimmick-Obayashi, A Joint Venture

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on May 25, 2005, Employee #1, a laborer, was starting his first day of employment and was cleaning up in a confined area with one other employee. Employee #1 picked up a "14-by-48," a small piece of metal I-beam approximately 2-ft by 1-ft in size. Employee #1 swung the I-beam to obtain momentum to place the item on a ledge, and smashed his hand between the I-beam and another object. Employee #1 was wearing gloves at the time of the injury. Employee #1 suffered ruptured vasculature and scarring on the middle finger, and two other broken fingers, one of which required pin insertion. Employee #1 was hospitalized for two days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEEL BEAM, FINGER, GLOVE, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over	7	100

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307393066			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming for piers or pylons Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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