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Accident Summary Nr: 125892083 - Employee's thumb amputated in pesticide spray rig

Accident Summary Nr: 125892083 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 12/04/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125892083	02/17/1998	7342	0	Pest Doctors

Abstract: At approximately 12:15 p.m. on December 4, 1997, Employee #1, a spray applicator employed by Pest Doctors, was at a customer's dairy farm, manipulating a tank valve near the V-belt and pulley drive assembly of the spray application rig. The rig was running, and his thumb became caught and was amputated. Employee #1 was transported to Chino Valley Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for five days.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, THUMB, LOCKOUT, V-BELT, NIP POINT, PULLEY, SPRAYING RIG, PESTICIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125892083			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Horticultural specialty farmers

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