Accident Report Detail
Accident: 102055.015 - Employee Fractured Finger While Loading Dumpster Into A Garb
Accident: 102055.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 12/29/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1286655.015 | 01/09/2018 | Area Disposal Service, Inc. | |||||
At 6:45 a.m. on December 29, 2017, an employee was emptying a 2-yard dumpster in to a rear loading garbage truck. The employee lost control of the 2-yard dumpste r when it impacted ice when returning it to its enclosure. The employees finger was caught between the dumpster trunnion bar and the garbage truck resulting in a fracture to the lefty pinky finger. Employee required surgery and hospitaliza tion as a result of this injury. | |||||||
Keywords:
finger, fracture, garbage truck
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1286655.015 | 35 | M | Hospitalized injury | Garbage collectors |