Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 109389.015 - Employee's hand is caught by snatch block and amputates ring
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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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.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1347838.015 | 56 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. |