Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202684692 - Grinder Kicks and Amputates Masonry Workers Thumb

Accident Summary Nr: 202684692 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 08/29/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316684273	08/29/2012	1741	238140	Eric Montgomery Dba Details

Abstract: On August 28, 2012, Employee #1, a 57-year-old male masonry construction worker with Eric Montgomery Dba Details, was performing masonry work on an existing mason brick retaining wall, which was one hundred and nineteen feet long, by twenty-two inches high and eight inches wide. Employee #1 was to remove old mortar from the joints in the wall and replace them with new mortar. Employee #1 was doing this by using a portable four-inch hand grinder that lacked the guard. When then grinder had kicked back, it severed Employee #1's left thumb. Employee #1 was hospitalized as a result of the event.

Keywords: GRINDER, KICK BACK, AMPUTATED, PPE, THUMB, LACERATION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316684273			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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