Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201115235 - Employee Amputates Finger in a Shot Gun Mishap

Accident Summary Nr: 201115235 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 07/16/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126188846	08/15/2002	0723	0	Wm. Bolthouse Farms

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on July 16, 2002, Employee #1, a farm laborer for Wm. Bolthouse Farms Inc. was shooting rabbits in a carrot field, while performing his regular irrigation duties. Employee #1 loaded the single shot, 20 gauge shot gun. He then transferred the gun from the left side of the vehicle to the right side. In the process the gun went off. Employee #1 lost the tip of his right index finger in the process. He was taken by private vehicle to Lancaster Community Hospital, Lancaster where he was treated in the emergency room, and then sent to a private physician. He was not hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, GUNSHOT, AGRICULTURE, FINGER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126188846			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Farm workers

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