Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201381100 - Employee Amputates Fingers When Caught Between Marble Slabs

Accident Summary Nr: 201381100 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 07/18/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311054142	07/21/2008	5032	423320	Stone Source, Llc

Abstract: At approximately 2:51 p.m. on July 18, 2008, three employees were moving scrap slabs of marble in a rack to retrieve a slab needed for samples. The employees were working in the fabrication shop of a marble distribution center. The scrap slabs were approximately 0.75-in. thick, 2-ft wide and 5-ft long. The slabs weighed approximately 12 pounds-per-square-foot. As a scrap marble slab was moved from the rack, the slab behind it fell forward and struck Employee #1's left hand. The tips of Employee#1's third, fourth, and fifth fingers on the left hand were amputated. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311054142			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Slicing and cutting machine operators

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