Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201182128 - Employee amputates tip of finger

Accident Summary Nr: 201182128 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 06/21/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307390419	06/28/2004	1623	237130	Vulcan Construction & Maintenance, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on June 21, 2004, Employee #1 was working for Vulcan Construction & Maintenance. The employer was a subcontractor installing communications vaults, or boxes at various locations within the neighborhood. The foreman was across the street from the site while Employee #1 was working with another coworker to clean dust and debris off of the concrete lids and in the grooves of the box where the lids are to be placed. Employee #1 was putting the lid in place when the concrete lid slipped and pinched the tip of Employee #1's left middle finger. He was taken to St. Francis Memorial Hospital and the tip of his finger was reattached the finger and the employee was hospitalized for a short period of time.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, DUST, INSTALLING, BOX LID, FINGER, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, CONCRETE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000	3	36

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307390419			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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