Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 153948.015 - Employee Amputates Thumb When Pulled Into Fan Blade

Accident Summary Nr: 153948.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 09/16/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1435043.015	10/02/2019		115115	California Service, Llc

Abstract: At 5:30 a.m. on September 16, 2019, an employee was throwing pistachios into a fan while working as a farm worker. The fan suction pulled the employee's hand into it, causing his right thumb to contact the fan blade. The employee's thumb was amputated and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: Agriculture, Amputated, Amputation, Fan, Fan Blade, Farm, Farm worker, Hand, Horseplay, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pulled In, Suction, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1435043.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury

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