Amputations

Name: Amputations at Joe Meyer Tree Service, Inc.
Start: 1/18/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018010613 · 1/18/2018 · Joe Meyer Tree Service, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Joe Meyer Tree Service, Inc.
Location: 6809 N. U.S. Highway 12, SPRING GROVE, ILLINOIS, 60081
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a self-propelled wood splitting machine in the storage yard when the vertical splitter lowered on his right hand, crushing and breaking his index finger. His fingertip had to be surgically amputated. The machine was energized at the time.

Source

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