Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170632764 - Employee amputates tip of thumb in paper cutter

Accident Summary Nr: 170632764 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 02/28/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126123397	03/13/1997	8211	0	Glen Oak School

Abstract: Employee #1, of Glen Oaks School, Covina, CA, was using a hand-operated guillotine paper cutter to cut tissue paper into small pieces when she accidentally sheared off the tip of her left thumb. No bone was involved.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, THUMB, GUILLOTINE SHEAR, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, HAND TOOL, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126123397			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Teachers, elementary school

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