Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122436.015 - Employee amputates thumb when caught between fork of forklif

Accident Summary Nr: 122436.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 12/04/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1450689.015	12/12/2019		423930	Quantum Metals, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on December 4, 2019, an employee was assisting a forklift operator to move an I-beam onto a roller system that feeds a bandsaw. As the operator was putting the I-beam onto the rollers, the employee's right thumb was caught between the I-beam and one of the forks. The employee suffered an amputation of the tip of the right thumb at the nail. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Beam, Finger, Forklift, Forks, Partial Amputation, Roller--Mach/Part, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1450689.015	45	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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