Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109389.015 - Employee's hand is caught by snatch block and amputates ring

Accident Summary Nr: 109389.015 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 09/19/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1347838.015	09/21/2018		517210	Union Telephone Company

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on September 19, 2018, an employee who was watching a rescue mannequin be hoisted up a cellphone tower by a pick-up using a rope and a 1-ton snatch block. The employee grabbed the rope to help guide the mannequin with his gloved right hand which was pulled into the snatch block. The employee amputated his ring finger to his first knuckle. Hospitalization was not required.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blocks, Caught By, Finger, Rope

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1347838.015	56	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Communications equipment operators, n.e.c.

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