Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 111224.015 - Employee's fingertip is degloved while operating power drill

Accident Summary Nr: 111224.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 11/14/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1361892.015	11/26/2018		238210	Best Buy Co, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on November 14, 2018, an employee worked to install a microwave oven in a residential home. While operating a power drill, the employee's glove and finger were pulled caught in the drill bit which degloved his fingertip. The employee was taken to a local hospital, where the removed flesh was reattached with thirteen stitches. The treatment did not take and the employee had to have surgery six days later to have the upper third of the finger amputated.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Drill, Fingertip, Glove, Operating, Portable Power Tool

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1361892.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers

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