Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 137709.015 - Employee sustains laceration to right pinky while adjusting

Accident Summary Nr: 137709.015 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 07/08/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1545241.015	08/02/2021		811310	Robert Litton Welding

Abstract: At 8:40 a.m. on July 8, 2021, Employee #1, a welder for a subcontractor, was working inside a vault space approximately 12 feet deep at a job site managed by a general contractor. While repositioning a 36-inch diameter metal flange onto a pipe of similar size with a foreman, the employee's right pinky was pinched between the pipe and flange, causing a laceration to the fingertip. The employee was transported to Stanford Hospital, where he received stitches and was released about five hours later.

Keywords: Adjust, Finger, Fingertip, Flange, Laceration

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Maintenance or repair			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1545241.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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