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TDS1984  
#1 Posted : 23 November 2011 11:02:41(UTC)
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Now, I'm sure we all know that fingers are non reportable fractures, but following an accident, we have an employee with a broken finger and a cracked knuckle. Despite my best efforts on google, I can't work out whether the knuckle is the end of the phalanges (Finger bone - non-reportable) or the Metacarpal (Hand bone - reportable), any of you learned people got any ideas? Also, to pre-empt the suggestion, the employee in question has returned to work so the >3 Day injury report is not applicable.
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denH  
#2 Posted : 23 November 2011 11:08:56(UTC)
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denH
Hi, I have been interested in this topic and, following earlier advice, have found the following quote on the BBC Science pages: - Metacarpals and metatarsals - The palms of your hands are made up of five bones called metacarpals. You can see them when you clench your fists, because your knuckles are the ends of your metacarpals. The soles of your feet consist of five bones arranged in the same way as your metacarpals, but they are called metatarsals. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sci.../handsandfeet/hand.shtml Hope it's of Help Den
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TDS1984  
#3 Posted : 23 November 2011 11:12:47(UTC)
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Thanks that seems to me to be pretty cut and dry then, unless anyone would like to dispute the advice offered, I'll go and fill in the F2508
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Canopener  
#4 Posted : 23 November 2011 12:29:48(UTC)
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You may well be justified reporting this as a 'major injury'. However, if you had decided not to, it might still have been an over 3 day injury even if the person had returned to work, IF they couldn't do their normal work as a result of the injury sustained (for over 3 days).
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