Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123881.015 - Employee amputates fingertip between tire bead and rim

Accident Summary Nr: 123881.015 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 10/19/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1457804.015	01/08/2020		441320	Atv, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on October 19, 2019, an employee, a tire technician, was changing and automobile tire for a customer and was placing a new tire on a rim and pressurizing it with air when he leaned back to see what the commotion was inside the car bay. While the employee was distracted, his fingers slid between the bead of tire and rim. As the tire filled with air, the employee's fingertip was pinched between the bead of the tire and rim. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation of his left ring fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Changing, Distracted, Fingertip, Inflating, Mechanic, Tire, Tire Bead, Tire Rim

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1457804.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Automobile mechanic apprentices

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