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Accident: 113002.015 - Steel Column Falls Onto Employee'S Hand And Amputates Right

Accident: 113002.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 01/08/2019
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1374042.01501/28/2019Consolidated Design And Machine, Inc.
At 7:45 a.m. on January 8, 2019, an employee was moving steel columns to retriev e identification numbers for use in new building construction. As the employee a ttempted to roll over one of the columns, the column turned and slid off another column and fell onto the employee's hand and amputated the employee's right rin g fingertip. The employee was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Keywords: amputated, falling object, finger, fingertip, steel column, struck by
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Commercial building Maintenance or repair   1
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 1374042.015 44 M Hospitalized injury Managers and administrators, n.e.c FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite
FatCause:

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