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Accident: 112040.015 - Employee Amputates Thumb When Caught Between Two Metal Piece

Accident: 112040.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 12/17/2018
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1367879.01512/20/2018Wilson Trailer
At 12:45 p.m. on December 17, 2018, an employee had attached the wrong part to a trailer and was in the process of correcting it while welding. The employee ca ught his thumb in between the piece being welded and the trailer stand, amputati ng it to the first knuckle. The employee was hospitalized.
Keywords: amputated, amputation, caught between, thumb, trailer, welding
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1367879.015 58 M Hospitalized injury Welders and cutters

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