Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1390081.015 - Lind Equipment Ltd

Inspection Information - Office: Hartford Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1390081.015

Report ID: 0112000

Date Opened: 04/03/2019

Site Address:
Lind Equipment Ltd
Goodrich Field Flatbush And South Quaker Lane
West Hartford, CT 06110

Mailing Address:
300 International Drive Suite 100, Williamsville, NY 14221

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 335122/ Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/03/2019

Emphasis: P:Amputate, N:Amputate

Case Closed: 04/29/2019

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1441865	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 114993.015

Event: 04/02/2019

Employee amputates thumb when struck by falling light equipm

At 8:30 p.m. on April 2, 2019, an employee was demonstrating the use of a model LE980 T4 tower light and had climbed onto the base of the light, reached around to move the wire rope back onto the pulley. The employee caught and amputated his left hand's thumb underneath the retractable lights that fell. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Falling Object, Thumb, Tower

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1390081.015	52	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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