Kyoto Prefectural Police say that a severed fingertip found on a street in Maizuru City belongs to a male delivery worker.
According to police, the delivery worker, who is in his 60s, was making deliveries on Monday when his finger got caught in the vehicle’s back door, causing the tip to be severed, Kyodo News reported. He continued working despite the injury.
The severed fingertip measures two centimeters with a fingernail attached. Police managed to identify the delivery worker after reviewing street surveillance footage from the area.
An elementary school student heading home saw the fingertip on the street at around 4:15 p.m. on Monday. The child’s mother reported the finding to police.
Police said the man went home after work and did not seek medical help.
© Japan Today
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tamanegi
The writer believes that 2cm missing from a finger including the nail is a fingertip?
What?
The man continued working and didn't seek medical help?
Why?
Thunderbird2
Bleeding profusely, in great pain... why would someone NOT seek medical help? Mad
EFD
Unlike every other man, he wasn’t lying when he said “Just the tip!”
Juvenile humor aside, pretty tough (and dedicated!) to finish his shift and go home.
Probably broke as well…
factchecker
It could attract the attention of the law. Didn't you see Harrison Ford in Witness.
Mark
Poor Guy, how sad.
Too scared to report the accident for fear of loosing his job or pay$, at his age it's hard to get a job and so he kept it to himself and took the pain.
wtfjapan
what and idiot, if he found the finger as soon as he lost it, its very possible to have it surgically reattached
Meiyouwenti
If he’d gone to a doctor with his severed fingertip immediately after the accident, he could have had it reattached.
piskian
Poor chap.
Would probably be fired if tip was reported.
Speed
This dude is tough!!
Sven Asai
Maybe he is already otherwise ‘trained’ losing fingertips , which would explain not seeking for too much publicity or medical help.
rainyday
These delivery companies sound like awful places to work.
Yubaru
Since everyone seems to be speculating here, let me add this as food for thought.
Perhaps he has prior experience with loosing a fingertip and didnt seek medical treatment because he knew there would be more questions asked, and possibly he is missing 2 cm off another finger.
Or maybe it wasnt "real" at all, and was just a prosthetic as there is no mention of any actual blood at the scene, so who knows, they do look pretty real nowadays.
Ramzel
Hell of a work ethic!
Harry_Gatto
He needs to see a good lawyer asap as his company may be liable for having him operate a dangerous vehicle. If not a large amount of compensation the threat alone may make the company deal with him fairly and pay him full salary whilst recovering. Depends on how it happened I suppose but he should see a lawyer anyway.
Stephen Chin
Ignorant man! He could have had his finger tip reattached!
sir_bentley28
Though it posed a great health risk not only to himself, but all other people whose packages he came into contact with after his injury, this 60 year old, ladies and gentlemen, is a MAN-LY MAN! Or a DUDE-LY DUDE! He lost a finger tip and kept on keeping on, where some of the guys out here today (here at work too) would get a papercut and their day is disrupted! He, as well as myself ara a dying breed! I was 9 years when I lost my WHOLE HEEL on a bicycle accident (heel got caught under the chain and the back wheel gear), but never missed a school day! 2 weeks prior I stepped and slipped on a broken glass with the same foot and ended up with a bone deep cut. Never shed a tear!