Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201055811 - Employee fingers crushed when he loses grip of equipment

Accident Summary Nr: 201055811 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 07/09/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126174937	07/18/2001	1791	0	Steeltech Construction Services, Inc.

Abstract: On July 9, 2001, Employee #1 was lifting a hydraulic stressing ram to move to the next section of work when he lost grip of the equipment. As he attempted to catch the equipment, the piston on the equipment retracted back pinching the victims' left index, middle, ring, and pinky fingers. He suffered an open crush injury to his left index, middle, and ring fingers, and a deep laceration to his left pinky finger. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: HYDRAULIC RAM, FINGER, IRON WORKER, CRUSHED, LOST CONTROL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126174937			Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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