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Accident Summary Nr: 202545018 - Employee Amputates Finger in File Cabinet Draw

Accident Summary Nr: 202545018 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 03/25/2013
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
31486309305/23/20134833515120Time Warner Cable Inc

Abstract: At approximately 7:13 p.m. on April 25, 2013, Employee #1, a sales lady, was closing a filing cabinet. The employee closed the cabinet onto her left little finger, resulting in amputation of half the finger. There was a witness to the accident. The file cabinet involved in the accident was four-drawer, 52-in. high cabinet with an interlock system preventing more than one drawer from being open at the same time. The factors that caused the accident were one of the lower drawers likely being slightly open so that when the employee opened the top drawer, it snapped shut due to a lower drawer being open. Employee #1 reported to an area hospital, where she was treated and released.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, OFFICE AREA, FINGER

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 314863093 Hospitalized injury Amputation Occupation not reported

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