Abstract: At approximately 5:00 a.m. on November 4, 2002, Employee #1, a yard helper who was hired the same day the accident occurred, was helping another employee, the truck driver, check a 1987 KW Dump Truck before it was to be sent to haul dirt from a construction site. At the time of the accident, the truck driver was adding oil to the truck's engine when suddenly he heard Employee #1 screaming on the opposite side of the engine. He walked around the engine and noticed that Employee #1's left hand was bleeding. He found that Employee #1, for an unknown reason, had placed his left hand next to the moving v-belt that drives the cooling fan and the alternator. The moving fan belt caught Employee #1's left pinky and ring finger, amputating the tips of both fingers. Employee #1 was transported to Harbor UCLA Medical Center where he was treated for his injuries and released the same day.