Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202543542 - Employee's Finger Is Lacerated While Hanging Clothes

Accident Summary Nr: 202543542 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 10/21/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314860735	11/03/2011	2339	315212	American Apparel (Usa) Llc

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on October 21, 2011, Employee #1, a sewing machine operator with American Apparel USA, LLC, sustained a laceration to her right ring finger from a metal clothes hanger while repositioning and hanging garments on a portable clothing rack. Two days later, she was admitted to Huntington Hospital for treatment of the laceration and an infection.

Keywords: CLOTHING, FINGER, LACERATION, TEXTILE PRODUCTION, INFECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314860735			Hospitalized injury	Other	Textile sewing machine operators

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