Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170784789 - Employee Fractures Finger And Thumb When Saw Kicks Back
Accident: 170784789 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 08/15/2013 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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317246759 | 09/17/2013 | 2411 | Leonardo Logging & Construction Inc | ||||
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
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 317246759 | Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Timber cutting and logging occupations |