Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122000.015 - Employee amputates toe when struck against scale pan

Accident Summary Nr: 122000.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 06/28/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1421265.015	08/07/2019		622110	Kaiser Permanente/Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on June 28, 2019, an employee was pulling down an aluminum scale pad on a fold down Welch Allyn Scale-Tronix Stow-a-Weight Scale when she struck her right foot against the scale pan. The employee sustained what was thought to be a minor injury but later resulted in amputation of her second toe. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Foot, Machine operator, Malfunction, Mech Malfunction, Nurse, Safety Shoe, Struck Against, Toe

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1421265.015	32	F	Hospitalized injury		Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants

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