Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122289.015 - Employee amputates finger while performing maintenance on PI

Accident Summary Nr: 122289.015 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 11/19/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1449475.015	12/03/2019	0175	111339	317726337 - Naumes Inc

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on November 19, 2019, an employee working maintenance for a fruit farm was handling a chain during maintenance procedures on a forklift. The employee was working in the Pre-Cool Storage area of the facility. The chain allowed for movement of the faceplate which crushed the employee's hand. The employee sustained an avulsion, fracture and amputation to a finger and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Avulsion, Caught Between, Chain, Farm, Farm Machinery, Finger, Forklift, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Instantaneous amputation, Maintenance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Repair, Sheared, Steel Plate, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1449475.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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