Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140394.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught in rope lowering tree

Accident Summary Nr: 140394.015 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 09/22/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1559418.015	09/23/2021		561730	Asplundh Tree Experts, Llc

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on September 22, 2021, an employee working for a landscaping service was cutting a tree limb. He finished cutting the limb and began lowering it down when he caught his index finger in the rope. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Distracted, Finger, Hand Tool, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Landscaper, Landscaping, Rope, Traumatic Amputation, Tree, Tree Branch, Tree Care, Tree Limb, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1559418.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury

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