Accident Report Detail

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

Accident Summary Nr: 202545018 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 03/25/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314863093	05/23/2013	4833	515120	Time 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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