Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115890.015 - Employee moving railroad cars amputates two fingers

Accident Summary Nr: 115890.015 -- Report ID: 0454711 -- Event Date: 04/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1397658.015	04/25/2019		325998	Northdown Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:35 a.m. on April 17, 2019, an employee was working as a laborer for a firm that manufactured miscellaneous chemical products and preparations. With the aid of a capstan, he was moving railroad cars. He was pulling the cars with a 39 millimeter (1.5 inch) diameter double-braided nylon rope. The rope was wrapped around the capstan. His right hand was caught between the capstan and the rope. He suffered the amputation of the small and ring fingers on that hand at the distal interphalangeal joint. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Finger, Hand, Nip Point, Railroad Car, Rope

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1397658.015	18	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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