Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 131042.015 - Employee amputates thumb tip when pinched by pry bar and met
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1500957.015 | 11/04/2020 | 332312 | Siouxland Fabricating Inc. |
Abstract: At 5:28 a.m. on October 31, 2020, an employee working as a machine operator for a structural metal fabricator was using a wonder bar to lift a scrap metal "Skeleton". The employee was attempting to insert chain rigging when the wonder bar slipped pinching the employee's right thumb under the "Skeleton". The employee amputated his thumb tip and received medical treatment without hospitalization.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1500957.015 | 49 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Misc. metal & plastic processing machine operators |