Accident Report Detail
Accident: 104103.015 - Employee Guiding Forklift Has Finger Amputated
Accident: 104103.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 03/15/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1303789.015 | 03/23/2018 | Boiler Dynamics | |||||
At 8:15 a.m. on March 15, 2018, Employee #1 and his coworker, employed by a boil er services company, were installing a boiler at a feed plant. Employee #1 was guiding his coworker, who was operating a Caterpillar IT18F front end loader wit h forklift attachment and moving an economizer. The pallet on the front end loa der broke, and the forks moved up quickly. Employee #1's left middle finger was caught between the forks and the economizer and was amputated. Emergency servi ces were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was treate d for the finger amputation and released the same day. | |||||||
Keywords:
aerial lift, amputation, boiler, caught between, construction, finger, front end loader, industrial truck, installing, struck by
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other building | Alteration or rehabilitation | 1 | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1303789.015 | 74 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Welders and cutters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite FatCause: |