Accident Report Detail

Accident: 170164180 - Employee'S Finger Amputated After Fall From Ladder

**Accident: 170164180 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 06/15/1990**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
111971644	07/12/1990	3652	Distronics Manufacturing Inc.

Employee #1, a facilities manager, was on the roof of a building, inspecting an air conditioning system. He was starting to descend the fixed ladder from the roof when his foot slipped off the ladder rung. As he fell, a ring on his right hand caught on the top corner of a metal security door that was there to prevent unauthorized use of the ladder. The flesh on his right ring finger was stripped to the bone, and his finger was surgically amputated at the hospital.

Keywords: clothing, maintenance, amputated, finger, slip, caught by, descending, fixed ladder, fall

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	111971644			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Managers, properties and real estate

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