Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201069895 - Employee Suffers a Finger Amputation

Accident Summary Nr: 201069895 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 02/03/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125880526	03/24/2006	5172	424720	Trinity Oil

Abstract: At approximately 11:45 a.m. on March 3, 2006, Employee #1 was loading a 55-gallon drum of methanol into the customer's pick-up truck with the help of the customer and turned the drum on the service bed of the truck. Employee #1 got his right index finger caught between a plate in the truck and the drum. Employee #1 pulled his gloved hand out and had received a smash and laceration-type injury on his right index finger. Employee #1 went to the restroom and applied first aid to his finger and had a coworker transport him to the hospital for treatment. Employee #1 sustained a finger amputation as a result of the accident and was treated but not hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, DRUM, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, LACERATION, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, PICKUP TRUCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125880526			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Sales workers, other commodities

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