Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 76734.015 - Employee Amputates Two Fingers When Aligning Bracket Holes O

Accident Summary Nr: 76734.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 05/07/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1062549.015	05/14/2015		488410	Stanislaus Towing & Recovery Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on May 7, 2015, an employee was guiding a right ram into a bracket while on top of a 50 ton tow truck. The employee told a coworker to pull the pin out that was not going all the way into the bracket and stuck his fingers in the hole to check the alignment of the ram. The ram shifted while his fingers were in the hole and crushed the employees left hand middle finger at its first top joint and ring finger at the bottom of the nail bed.

Keywords: amputated, crushed, finger, tow truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1062549.015	32	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, heavy

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