Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202510244 - Employee Fractures Finger When Caught by Empty Gas Cylinder

Accident Summary Nr: 202510244 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 11/09/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316819408	12/03/2013	2813	325120	Praxair Distribution, Inc.

Abstract: On November 9, 2013, Employee #1, with Praxair Distribution, Inc., and a coworker, were unloading empty cylinders, when the coworker lost control of a cylinder. Both employees released the cylinders they had been moving, as required by the company's safe practices. Employee #1's finger was caught between the caps of two falling empty compressed gas cylinders. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a fracture to the left pinky finger.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CYLINDER, FINGER, GAS, CAUGHT BETWEEN, FALLING OBJECT, LOST CONTROL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316819408			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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