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Accident Summary Nr: 99506.015 - Employee's hand is caught in crane block's pinch point and a

Accident Summary Nr: 99506.015 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 05/15/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1235162.015	05/22/2017		113310	Progressive Forestry

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on May 15, 2017, an employee was assisting a coworker with setting up the guy wires for a Link Belt LS98 Yarder while laying out some chainsaws and chokers. The coworker told the employee that the dogs for the guyline winch would not go in and the employee needed to use a pipe wrench to fix the problem. The employee climbed onto the yarder and was hanging onto the gantry cables when the coworker raised the cranes boom, catching the employees left hand in a pinch point and amputated several fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Crane Block, Crane Boom, Finger, Lockout/Tagout, Logging, Nip Point

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1235162.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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