Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201186186 - Employee Fractures Fingers While Drilling Ceiling Holes

Accident Summary Nr: 201186186 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 04/02/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312692569	04/05/2012	1742	238310	Ireland Interior Systems, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 am on April 2, 2012, Employee #1 was drilling holes on the concrete decks (ceiling) approximately 13 feet high to hang wires for suspended ceiling tiles and securing the light fixtures. The hand-held rotary hammer (HILTI TE-2) used for drilling 3/8" holes had been modified by removing its side handle and attaching it to a 9-foot pole along with a suction hose of a vacuum (to collect silica dust). The rotary hammer (and the vacuum) had to be switched on at the ground level and the hammer's "lockbutton" activated before it was raised to the ceiling. Employee #1 raised the pole toward the ceiling when the vacuum sucked in a piece of plastic draped around the ceiling fixture and wrapped around the running drill bit. He tried to remove the plastic with his left hand but the force of the running drill bit pulled his hand and amputated his 5th finger (middle and distal phalanges and nondisplaced fracture at residual base of the middle phalanx).

Keywords: FRACTURE, FINGER, VACUUM CLEANER, DRILL COLLAR, ROTARY HAMMER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312692569			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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