Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123761.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when hand slips in log splitter

Accident Summary Nr: 123761.015 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 01/29/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1461093.015	02/05/2020		561730	Robillard Brothers Landscaping, Inc

Abstract: At 9:45 a.m. on January 29, 2020, an employee working as a laborer for a landscaping service was placing a log on a hydraulic wood splitter. The employee's left hand slipped and was caught between the log and the splitter. The employee amputated a fingertip and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught By, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Hydraulic Equipment, Instantaneous amputation, Landscaping, Log, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Slip, Slippery Surface, Traumatic Amputation, Wood

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1461093.015	23	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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