Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201702438 - Employee's Finger Is Smashed by Falling Object

Accident Summary Nr: 201702438 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 04/01/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311209217	04/07/2008	1796	238290	Brown & Murray Industrial Contractors Inc

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on April 1, 2008, Employee #1 was removing a piece of tubular steel from a conveyor being installed. He cut the steel loose with a cutting torch and pushed the steel to verify it was loose. The steel fell, smashing his ring finger.

Keywords: FINGER, TORCH, CRUSHED, CONVEYOR, FALLING OBJECT, CUTTING AND BURNING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311209217			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Millwrights	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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