Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202655080 - Employee Amputates Finger Between Handle and Slot Edge

Accident Summary Nr: 202655080 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 06/19/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316208354	06/26/2012	3444	333415	Ruskin Company

Abstract: At about 2:10 p.m. on June 19, 2012, Employee #1, with Ruskin Company, was trying to put a metal safety bar (3.75 in. by 3.75 in. by 48 in.) into a slot of a storage rack. A handle was welded on the side of the safety bar about 4 in. from the bottom of the bar. Employee #1 tried to put the safety bar upside down keeping the handle on the top. As the bar came down, his right ring and pinkie finger got crushed between the handle and the edge of the slot. The handle caused the amputation of his right ring finger and the laceration on his pinkie finger. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: HEAT, AMPUTATED, SHEET METAL, AIR CONDITIONER, FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, LACERATION, SAFETY BAR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316208354			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks

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