OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #893776
AMPUTATED,GIRDER,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,THUMB,OFF LOADING
Event description
Employee's thumb amputated while off loading girders
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were off loading structural steel beams and girders f rom a truck. They had placed spreader hooks on opposing sides of a girder; a cra ne was then to lift the girder to a landing location on the ground. As the crane began to lift the girder Employee #1 placed his left hand on the side opposite his hook to guide the lift. The girder tilted, causing the hook to slide across the end and pinch Employee #1's left thumb between the top plate of the girder a nd the hook. The employee's thumb was amputated and he was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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