Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201024239 - Employee's Finger Is Injured While Cutting a Tree Limb

Accident Summary Nr: 201024239 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 06/08/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315828566	06/19/2012	0783	561730	Jerry'S Tree Service A Partnership

Abstract: On June 8, 2013, Employee #1 a tree trimmer was cutting limbs from a tree for the Jerry's Tree Service. The employee suffered an injury to his left ring finger when his finger was caught by a rope attached to the tree limb he had cut. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to Marin General Hospital and then taken to Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, where finger was amputated at the distal joint and could not be re attached. The employee remains hospitalized.

Keywords: TREE PRUNER, AMPUTATED, TREE LIMB, ROPE, FINGER, CAUGHT BY, TREE, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315828566			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Laborers, except construction

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