Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135166.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while installing safety barrier

Accident Summary Nr: 135166.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 04/13/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1527573.015	04/27/2021		561210	C & W Services

Abstract: At 7:55 a.m. on April 13, 2021, an employee working as an engineering technician for a facilities support service was working with a coworker installing an A-Safe plastic barrier (bollards) at the in-bound dock area. The employee was installing a horizontal plastic railing component to the vertical post when he pinched his finger on the outer edge of the system. The employee amputated his fingertip and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Barrier, Caught Between, Engineering Technician, Finger, Fingertip, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Material Handling, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Plastic, Rail, Support Posts, Technician, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1527573.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Industrial engineering technicians

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