Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120530.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when glove is pulled into rim

Accident Summary Nr: 120530.015 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 09/20/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1432573.015	09/20/2019		811192	K W Lee, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on September 20, 2019, an employee who worked at a car wash was drying the wheel and rim of a car while the car was in forward motion. The employee caught his right glove in the rim pulling his finger into the wheel. The employee required medical treatment for an amputated middle fingertip but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Automobile, Caught Between, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Glove, Hand, Inexperience, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pressure Wash, Tire Rim, Wheel

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1432573.015	27	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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