Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114861.015 - Employee's fingers are amputated after being pinched by guy

Accident Summary Nr: 114861.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 03/23/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1388919.015	03/28/2019		237310	Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 9:20 a.m. on March 23, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a road construction company, was engaged in form work during a new road construction project. As he was removing a column form, he grabbed a wire rope/guy wire. The rope, which was under tension, wrapped around his right hand and pinched his fingers. The employee was transported to the hospital, where surgeons amputated his middle and ring fingers and the tip of his pinky finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Caught By, Caught In, Column, Concrete Form Work, Construction, Crushed, Finger, Form work, Guy, Hand, Pinched, Wire Rope

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition			0	48

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1388919.015	52	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming for piers or pylons Fatality Cause:

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