Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124643.015 - Employee pinches three fingers in rope, later requires amput

Accident Summary Nr: 124643.015 -- Report ID: 0112600 -- Event Date: 03/02/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1468301.015	03/09/2020		561730	Robinson Tree Service, Llc

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on March 2, 2020, an employee working for a tree care service was hooking a nylon winch rope up to a tree stump to be pulled into a chipper. The rope tightened around his fingers. The employee was hospitalized and required surgical amputation of his index, middle and ring fingers.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Cutting, Finger, Hand, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Instantaneous amputation, Machine operator, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Rope, Surgical Amputation, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Felling, Tree Stumping, Winch

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1468301.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Timber cutting and logging occupations

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