Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202441929 - Employee Amputates Thumb While Changing Tire

Accident Summary Nr: 202441929 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/20/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125969030	11/09/2005	5082	423810	Hawthorne Machinery Company

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on September 20, 2005, Employee #1, a service technician, was installing a new caster wheel assembly on the reach truck (a Caterpillar, Model Number NRR40). While holding the assembly with his right hand, he lined its stud to the mounting hole on the bottom of the truck frame. He then lowered truck using a lift jack. Employee #1's right thumb was caught in between the truck frame and the top of the caster wheel's housing. Employee #1 drove himself to a medical center. At the medical center, he received medical attention for the right distal thumb amputation, and was discharged on the same day.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, MECHANIC, THUMB, CAUGHT BETWEEN, TILT-FRAME HOIST, JACK, TIRE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125969030			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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