Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118945.015 - Employee's toes are amputated when struck by falling post

Accident Summary Nr: 118945.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 08/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1423200.015	08/14/2019		333999	Dj Manufacturing, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 noon on August 14, 2019, an employee was moving a 1,000-pound support post using a 3-ton crane with a small magnetic attachment that was rated for 660 pounds from the table to the floor. As the employee was moving the post, the magnet released it causing it to fall to the floor and striking her left foot. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to the first and fifth toes and amputations of the three middle toes.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Crane, Dropped, Foot, Fracture, Magnet, Moving, Overloaded, Struck By, Support Posts, Toe

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1423200.015	24	F	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters

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