Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138520.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught in door exiting truck

Accident Summary Nr: 138520.015 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 08/20/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1549712.015	08/25/2021		488490	Metro Express Services Inc

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on August 20, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a roadway maintenance support company was driving to a work site. The employee was preparing to measure a line being laid down and needed to count the chevrons. As the employee exited his work truck, he closed the door on his right middle finger. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Door, Finger, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Maintenance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Road, Traumatic Amputation, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1549712.015	46	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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