Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201502507 - Employee injured when finger crushed by fork lift accident

Accident Summary Nr: 201502507 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 04/02/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125638551	06/19/2001	5093	0	Hillman Metals

Abstract: On April 02, 2001, Employee #1 put his two left middle fingers in a truck stake pocket to pull himself up onto the truck during a fork lift unloading operation. A fork lift driver pushed a bin of scrap steel from the opposite side of the truck into another bin that struck Employee #1's fingers, crushing the ring and long fingers on his left hand. Employee #1 was hospitalized with contusions.

Keywords: FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SCRAP METAL, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125638551			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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