Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130972.015 - Employee lacerates hand, thumb is later surgically amputated

Accident Summary Nr: 130972.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 10/23/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1501570.015	10/30/2020		333415	Heat Transfer Products Group, Llc

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on October 23, 2020, an employee working as a laborer for an HVAC equipment manufacturer was testing a product on a cart on the B-line pressure decay test equipment. When the test cycle completed, the shielding curtain began to lift up. The curtain caught the cart top and lifted it from the cart base. As the employee reached for cart top and/or product, the cart top released from the curtain. The employee lacerated his hand when the cart top came down. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery including a partial thumb amputation.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Cart, Caught Between, Caught By, Finger, HVAC, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Struck By, Surgical Amputation, Testing, Thumb, Wrong Equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1501570.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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