Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170197313 - Employee's finger severed when struck by metal racks

Accident Summary Nr: 170197313 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 04/22/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111894184	06/17/1991	5411	0	Safeway Stores

Abstract: At around 5:30 a.m. on April 22, 1991, Employee #1 and a coworker, of Safeway Stores, Inc., were moving a stack of damaged metal racks using two dollies and a pallet truck. Employee #1 was operating the pallet truck, which pushed the stack of metal racks to the loading dock. As the front dolly dropped off the edge of the loading dock, the metal racks raised at the rear end, striking Employee #1's left hand at the pallet truck and severing his ring finger. He was taken to Presbyterian Hospital in San Francisco for treatment.

Keywords: SEVERED, FINGER, STORAGE RACK, STRUCK BY, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, FALLING OBJECT, LOADING DOCK, CART

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111894184			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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