Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202550216 - Employee Amputated Finger While Wire Brushing Rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 202550216 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 12/09/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309304616	04/10/2009	1731	238210	Integrity Electric

Abstract: On December 9, 2008, Employee #1, an electrical contractor, was working in a workshop, wire brushing a piece of rebar that was being chucked in a RIDGID 535 Pipe threader, Serial Number 3280. As the rebar slowly rotated, Employee #1 wire brushed it with a wire wheel attached to a drill motor. While he was wire brushing the rebar, he inadvertently got to close to the rotating rebar and caught his shirt on the rebar. His shirt wrapped around the rebar. Employee #1 attempted to free himself by grabbing his shirt, but the glove on his left hand became caught up in the shirt. His left pinky finger was amputated as he was flipped over the rebar to the concrete floor. A nearby foreman heard the commotion and immediately turned off the pipe threader. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for his injury.

Keywords: clothing, amputated, finger, electrician, machine operator, caught by, caught between

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309304616			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Electricians

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