Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170873673 - Employee's right index finger amputated at crimping machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170873673 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 01/13/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125728741	04/23/2003	1741	238140	Morris Levin & Son

Abstract: On January 13, 2003, an employee was working in the sheet metal shop at Morris Levin & Son, a company that is engaged in installing ventilation ductwork. The employee was using a crimping machine to crimp one end of a duct ring. The duct ring caught his glove and pulled his hand into the rolls of the crimping machine, amputating his right index fingertip. He was taken to Tulare Hospital for treatment.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, DUCT, SHEET METAL, VENTILATION, FINGER, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125728741			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Sheet metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Other

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