Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125399.015 - Employee unloading pod amputates fingertip in pinch point

Accident Summary Nr: 125399.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 03/31/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1472506.015	04/16/2020		444220	Gdk Leasing, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:48 p.m. on March 31, 2020, an employee working as a delivery driver for a nursery was unloading a demountable (pod). The employee was alone at the time. The employee caught his right hand in a pinch point and as he tried to remove it, he amputated his ring fingertip and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Delivery Work, Driver, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nursery, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Traumatic Amputation, Unloading, Working Alone

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1472506.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Driver-sales workers

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