Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142190.015 - Employee fractures wrist when struck by counterweight

Accident Summary Nr: 142190.015 -- Report ID: 0936100 -- Event Date: 12/16/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1569977.015	12/22/2021		928110	U.S. Dept. Of Air Force, 60th Air Mobility Wing, Logistics Support Squadron (Lrs)

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on December 16, 2021, an employee was separating a boom from a counterweight on a 2020 Global GL2875 deicing truck when the boom and counterweight shifted and crushed his hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractured bones, deep lacerations and nerve damage to his hand.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Boom, Counterweight, Crushed, Disconnecting Means, Fracture, Hand, Laceration, Load Shift, Nerve damage

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1569977.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Specified mechanics and repairers

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