Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201034287 - Employee Amputates Thumb Before Losing Balance From Rooftop
Accident: 201034287 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 03/05/2002 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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300763398 | 06/27/2002 | 1761 | Central Roofing Company | ||||
Employee #1, working for an employer engaged in roofing operations, was replacing an old roof with new materials. While kneeling beside another employee, the foreman, on the roof a two-story apartment complex, Employee #1 was holding an old rafter as the foreman was cutting it out. Employee #1 lost his balance. While attempting to grab on to something to catch his fall, his right hand made contact with the blade of the circular saw that the foreman was using, amputating his right thumb. | |||||||
Keywords:
amputated, roof, struck against, construction, thumb, circular saw, saw, roofer, blade, lost balance
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Multi-family dwelling | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 | 2 | 20 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 300763398 | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Roofing FatCause: Other |