Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144627.015 - Employee amputes finger when unjamming trailer load chute

Accident Summary Nr: 144627.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 12/06/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1583952.015	03/17/2022		492110	United Parcel Service Inc #4959

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on December 6. 2021, an employee was helping a coworker who was attempting to unjam a Watkins Aircraft Supports Products Chute while setting up loading equipment at a truck trailer. The coworker had the employee help push the chute when he caught his left hand in the chute flap. The employee amputated his index finger, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chute, Finger, Jammed, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1583952.015	21	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Hand packers and packagers

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