Abstract: At 2:00 p.m., on September 16, 2008, Employee #1 and a coworker were using a rented Timberwolf Log Splitter (Model TW-HV2, Serial Number 404-5939) to split logs that were approximately 18 inches in length. Employee #1 was on the opposite side of the splitter from the location of the hydraulic controls. He had placed a log onto the frame of the log splitter and was attempting to adjust the log when his coworker activated the hydraulic control. Employee #1 sustained a partial amputation and fracture of his right small finger, when it was crushed between the log and the metal base plate of the log splitter. The employer is a general engineering contractor providing employees to various companies in the oil industry.