Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 307161968 - Employee Suffers Amputation When Finger Pinned

Accident Summary Nr: 307161968 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 07/13/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307161968	07/26/2004	1791	238120	Atlas Ornamental Iron Works

Abstract: Employee #1 was part of a three-man crew assigned to install steel beams and metal decking at an existing warehouse building. Employee #1 and a coworker were attempting to shake loose decking material when his left hand became caught in between a sheet of metal and the concrete wall. The foreman of this three man crew was determined to be the coworker holding the other end of the sheet metal when the injury occurred. As the pair was attempting to shake loose two stuck sheet of metals, the foreman moved the sheet metal forward while Employee #1 picked up the loose end. Employee #1's left middle finger became caught by the sheet metal moving toward him and the concrete wall behind. Employee #1 suffered an amputation and was hospitalized.

Keywords: DECKING, AMPUTATED, WALL, SHEET METAL, FINGER, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307161968			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Other

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