Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201030061 - Employee's finger amputated in hangar door handle

Accident Summary Nr: 201030061 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 04/25/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120120167	05/10/1996	3721	0	Robinson Helicopter Company, Incorporated

Abstract: Employee #1, the Chief Financial Officer and corporate attorney for a company that manufactured helicopters, was going to test fly a helicopter. He was opening the 15 ft high by 15 ft long door to the hangar when his right ring finger became caught between the door handle and another hangar door and was amputated. The weight of the door was not known. The chief causal factor was the design of the door.

Keywords: AIRCRAFT, AMPUTATED, BUILDING, FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, DOOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120120167			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Lawyers

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