Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202552063 - Employee's Thumb Is Crushed by Rebar, Is Later Amputated

Accident Summary Nr: 202552063 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 03/29/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313164881	04/22/2010	1791	238120	H Wayne Lewis Inc Dba Amber Steel Company

Abstract: On March 29, 2010, Employee #1 was installing a prefabricated wall of a pumping station, when a bundle of rebar being lowered caught on the wall. To release the catch, Employee #1 cut a wire holding a horizontal member, which sprang out and smashed his thumb against the bundle. The crushing injury required amputation of approximately 0.5 inches of the left thumb tip. The Division was notified by employer on March 29, 2010 that a serious injury had occurred earlier that day.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, INSTALLING, REBAR, CAUGHT BY, THUMB, CRUSHED, PUMPING STATION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	313164881			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation

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