Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202486429 - Employee crushes finger threading nipples on pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 202486429 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 12/27/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310418645	01/14/2008	1711	238210	Lawson Mechanical Contractors

Abstract: On December 27, 2007, Employee #1, an apprentice pipefitter, was using his own 14 in. pipe wrench to thread nipples on a 2 in. pipe. When he depressed the pedal, his right hand became caught between the machine stop and the pipe wrench. He fractured a finger on his right hand and severed the tip.

Keywords: WRENCH, FRACTURE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, FOOT CONTROL, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INEXPERIENCE, NIP POINT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2	5

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310418645			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause: Other

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