Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122782.015 - Employee's finger is degloved by loader locking pin

Accident Summary Nr: 122782.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 12/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1453002.015	12/17/2019		238210	Service Electric Company

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on December 10, 2019, an employee was attempting to attach a steel sling shackle to a coupler locking pin on a front end loader. In order to release the coupler locking pin, the loader was started and the pin automatically closed. The employee's left middle finger was degloved, and later surgically amputated to the first knuckle. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Crushed, Degloving, Finger, Fingertip, Front End Loader, Locking Pins, Surgical Amputation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1453002.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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