Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201179009 - Employee's Finger Tip Is Amputated by Car Wheel Cover

Accident Summary Nr: 201179009 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 11/20/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125833392	01/09/2006	7542	811192	Churn Creek Llc Dba Clean Car Car Wash

Abstract: On November 20, 2005, Employee #1, a car wash attendant, was working at the feed out end to dry the cars. When a car came out, he asked the vehicle operator to put the car in park, which the driver did. Employee #1 reached down to dry water from the spoke of the wheel of the vehicle, and allowed his left middle finger to go inside the wheel as he wiped it dry. At the same moment the vehicle moved. Employee #1's left middle finger tip was amputated when it was caught between the brake caliper and the edge of the spoke wheel. He was not hospitalized for his injury.

Keywords: WHEEL, AMPUTATED, COVER, FINGER, AUTOMOBILE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125833392			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Laborers, except construction

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