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Accident Summary Nr: 170842009 - Employee's fingers amputated when crushed by shifting pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 170842009 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 03/21/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119623635	03/22/2002	3317	0	Napa Pipe Inc.

Abstract: On March 21, 2002, Employee #1 was marking the exterior of a 36-in.-diameter steel pipe after visually inspecting the interior of the pipe, which had just been treated and cured in large oven. An adjacent, previously inspected pipe shifted within its confinement area and crushed three of his right fingers. Employee #1 was hospitalized for an amputated thumb and index finger.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, LOAD SHIFT, THUMB, CRUSHED, PIPE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119623635			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Production inspectors, checkers and examiners

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