Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123271.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught between transport cart

Accident Summary Nr: 123271.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 01/08/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1456201.015	01/15/2020		332322	Kawneer Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:38 p.m. on January 8, 2020, an employee was moving a steel transport cart in close proximity to another steel transport cart. The employee moved the two carts too close together and pinched his left pinky finger between the carts. The employee incurred a burst laceration, fracture and dislocation of the distal phalange on his finger, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Cart, Caught Between, Dislocated, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fracture, Hand, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Sheet Metal, Steel

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1456201.015	28	M	Hospitalized injury		Sawing machine operators

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