Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114993.015 - Employee amputates thumb when struck by falling light equipm

Accident Summary Nr: 114993.015 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 04/02/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1390081.015	04/03/2019		335122	Lind Equipment Ltd

Abstract: At 8:30 p.m. on April 2, 2019, an employee was demonstrating the use of a model LE980 T4 tower light and had climbed onto the base of the light, reached around to move the wire rope back onto the pulley. The employee caught and amputated his left hand's thumb underneath the retractable lights that fell. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Falling Object, Thumb, Tower

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1390081.015	52	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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