Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202442091 - Employee Amputates Finger in Air Conditioning Unit

Accident Summary Nr: 202442091 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/12/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125882241	09/12/2005	1711	238220	A Montante Air Conditioning Inc

Abstract: At approximately 1:15 p.m. on August 12, 2005, Employee #1, a foreman and serviceman was repairing an air conditioning unit, Model Number 48HJD008-641, located in the North-West part of the flat rooftop of a two-storied church building. During repairs, he accessed the interior of the air conditioning with his right hand, to install a Freon gauge on the Low-pressure suction line valve. Inadvertently, his right arm touched the high pressure line causing a burn injury. As he tried to pull his arm out by moving it in upward direction, his right index finger contacted the running fan blade of the condensing motor. His right index finger was amputated. Employee #1 was taken to Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda in California where he had surgery. Employee #1 was hospitalized for less than 12 hours.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, INSTALLING, REPAIR, AIR CONDITIONER, FINGER, MECHANIC, LOCKOUT, BLADE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125882241			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Supervisors, mechanics and repairers

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