Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140420.015 - Employee partially amputates finger under falling container

Accident Summary Nr: 140420.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 05/21/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1533622.015	06/01/2021		492110	United Parcel Service, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on May 21, 2021, an employee working as a truck driver for a parcel delivery service was standing outside his truck. The employee was using a hammer to strike a pin on the chassis when a 20-thousand-pound, 53-foot container box fell onto his left hand. The employee was transported to the local hospital and was hospitalized to treat a crushed pinky finger resulting in an amputation to the second knuckle.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Container, Containerized Cargo, Crushed, Delivery Work, Finger, Hammer , Hand, Hand Tool, Instantaneous amputation, Knuckle, Lack of Work Procedures, Metal container, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Package Delivery, Partial Amputation, Pin, Traumatic Amputation, Truck, Unsafe Position, Unstable Load

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1533622.015	68	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, light

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