Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201495736 - Employee Crushes Fingertip in Valve Stem

Accident Summary Nr: 201495736 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 06/28/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315072652	10/06/2011	2033	311421	Ventura Coastal Llc Attn: Trey Burrows

Abstract: At approximately 7:00 p.m. on June 28, 2011, Employee #1, a bulk tanker operator, was trying to stop a leak at the truck tanker connection by pulling on a tanker valve stem. The tanker valve stem was used to open and close the truck tanker valve so that citrus product could be loaded or unloaded into or from a tanker. When Employee #1 was pulling out the valve stem to stop a leak, it pulled into the closed position, crushing the tip of his right hand third finger. He was hospitalized for his injury.

Keywords: LEAK, TANK TRUCK, FINGER, MACHINE OPERATOR, CAUGHT BY, CRUSHED, VALVE, NIP POINT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315072652			Hospitalized injury	Other	Machine operators, not specified

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