Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128737.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when caught in shoring structur

Accident Summary Nr: 128737.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 07/07/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1488609.015	08/18/2020		237110	Floyd Johnston Construction Co Inc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on July 7, 2020, an employee working as a laborer for a water and sewer line construction contractor was striking the corner on the top portion of a metal excavation shoring structure. The employee was joining the corner into a pocket aligning the structure during assembly by striking the steel pin. The pin was designed to hold the structure together. The structure dropped into the corner pocket of the bottom structure after the employee struck the corner. At this time, the edge of the top portion of the shoring structure slammed into the pocket. This caused the two pieces to come together and catch the employee's index finger. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Construction, Excavation, Finger, Fingertip, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pin, Pinch Point, Pinched, Shoring, Traumatic Amputation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1488609.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause:

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