Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138368.015 - Employee suffers fingertip amputation during ladder training

Accident Summary Nr: 138368.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 03/23/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1527499.015	04/27/2021		922160	Cal Fire

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on March 23, 2021, Employee #1, a trainer for Cal-Fire, was assisting students with ladder training when a gust of wind caught a 24-foot ladder being extended by a student. The trainer grabbed the ladder to stabilize it and suffered a fingertip amputation to the left hand, middle finger, when his hand became caught. The employee was treated for the injury but did not require hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Ladder, Train, Training, Windy

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1527499.015	40	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Supervisors, firefighting & fire prevention occupa

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