Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128046.015 - Employee's finger tip is amputated between pole and pallet

Accident Summary Nr: 128046.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 07/14/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1484717.015	07/22/2020		423610	Electrical Engineering & Equipment Co.

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on July 14, 2020, an employee had just finished unloading material from a truck. The employee placed the safety bars in the holes of the truck bed so they would stand up. There was an extra pallet left in the truck and the employee had picked it up to secure it. The employee placed the pallet on the safety bars. As he lowered the pallet, his finger got caught in between the pallet and the top of the safety bar. The employee sustained an amputation to the right hand middle fingertip. The employee was treated but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught Between, Crushed, Pallet, Safety Bar, Stuck, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1484717.015	44	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, light

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