Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170784789 - Employee Fractures Finger and Thumb When Saw Kicks Back

Accident Summary Nr: 170784789 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 08/15/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317246759	09/17/2013	2411	113310	Leonardo Logging & Construction Inc

Abstract: On August 15, 2013, Employee #1 was knot bumping a Douglass Fir tree on the landing of a logging operation. The employee was using a Huskqvarna chainsaw when it kicked back and struck his left thumb and index finger. Employee #1's finger and thumb were lacerated and fractured. The employee was driven out of the woods by a coworker to an area hospital and later taken by ambulance to a regional hospital, where he underwent surgery to repair to his left thumb. Employee #1 was hospitalized for three days.

Keywords: BUMPER JACK, KICK BACK, FRACTURE, CHAIN SAW, FINGER, THUMB, LACERATION, TREE, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	317246759			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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