Amputations

Name: Amputations at Bonifant Tree Services
Start: 3/10/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016032140 · 3/10/2016 · Bonifant Tree Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Entangled in other object or equipment
Source: Rope, twine, string
Secondary source: Chippers

Employer

Name: Bonifant Tree Services
Location: 215 10th Street SE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20003
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was gathering tree limbs from the ground and feeding them into a chipper. While he was feeding the chipper, a piece of rope was caught in the feeder wheels and wrapped around his right hand, amputating his fingers.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown