Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 93094.015 - Employee amputates finger during removal of bolt equipment

Accident Summary Nr: 93094.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 02/08/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1210159.015	02/13/2017		488210	Dhillon Transport, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on February 8, 2017, an employee was assisting a coworker to remove a bolt from a brake chamber. While the employee held the brake chamber, the coworker used a pressurized blow gun with a rubber tip inserted into the bolt opening to remove the bolt. The blow gun was set at 175 psi, which presented to be too much for the employee to handle, resulting in him dropping the brake chamber on his left middle finger, causing amputation. The incident investigation revealed that the blow gun with tip affixed was not the appropriate tool/equipment needed for the job.

Keywords: Air Pressure, Amputation, Crushing, Falling Object, Finger

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1210159.015	36	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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