Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120402.015 - Employee fractures hand when caught by roll off truck steel

Accident Summary Nr: 120402.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 09/27/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1435012.015	10/02/2019		562219	Methvin Sanitation, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:15 a.m. on September 27, 2019, an employee who worked as a Truck Driver for a waste disposal company was working on a hooklift roll off truck. The employee tapped a steel plate on the truck with a hammer to get it to move and the plate dislodged and pinned his right hand. The employee incurred multiple fractures to his hand and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Abrasion, Catch Point, Caught By, Contusion, Crushed, Defective Equipment, Dumpster, Fracture, Hammer , Hand, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinned, Steel Plate, Truck, Truck Driver

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1435012.015	63	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, heavy

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