Amputations

Name: Amputations at BrightView Landscapes, LLC
Start: 10/12/2016

1 amputation · 2016109636 · 10/12/2016 · BrightView Landscapes, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Chippers

Employer

Name: BrightView Landscapes, LLC
Location: 1901 Butterfield Rd, DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS, 60517
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee servicing a wood chipper suffered a partial am[utation of the right ring finger after going under the machine to engage the belt. The chipper was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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