Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201186343 - Worker Partially Amputates Finger on Fan Pulley

Accident Summary Nr: 201186343 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 07/25/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312693708	08/09/2012	7349	561720	Metro Services Group

Abstract: At approximately 10:49 a.m. on July 25, 2012, Employee #1 was working for Metro Services Group, a firm that provided janitorial services and building engineering services for property owners. He was at a property in San Francisco, CA, performing his assigned task of cleaning a garage fan. Employee #1 crouched to get into the garage fan housing to enter the unit. As he stood up, he grabbed onto a belt within the fan unit to brace himself. The belt moved by the force of Employee #1's pulling on it. The belt rotated around a pulley, pinching the ring finger on Employee #1's left hand and amputating part of it. Employee #1 called to his supervisor, who was nearby, for help. Next, a call was placed to emergency medical services. Employee #1 was transported to Davies Medical Center, where he was admitted for a stay of six days. Leeches were attached to the finger to facilitate blood flow. The Cal/OSHA San Francisco District office received the accident report from the San Francisco Fire Department at 1:16 p.m. that same day.

Keywords: BLOOD CLOT, AMPUTATED, FAN, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, FINGER, CLEANING, FAN BELT, NIP POINT, PULLEY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312693708			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Stationary engineers

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