Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170378475 - Employee's fingers crushed by lift gate, later amputated

Accident Summary Nr: 170378475 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 01/16/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111804340	06/03/1996	4226	0	Fleet Image

Abstract: Employee #1 was raising the hydraulic-powered lift gate of a delivery truck when the platform jammed about 1 ft from the fully raised position. Employee #1 released the controls and jostled the platform. The platform popped into the fully raised position, crushing his left index and middle fingers against the frame of the truck bed. Employee #1's injured fingers were surgically amputated approximately two weeks later, after it was determined that they could not be saved.

Keywords: DELIVERY WORK, HYDRAULIC LIFT, AMPUTATED, FINGER, JAMMED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, TRUCK, MECH MALFUNCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111804340			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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