Amputations

Name: Amputations at Evans Landscaping, Inc.
Start: 1/19/2018

1 amputation · 2018010627 · 1/19/2018 · Evans Landscaping, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Log processing machinery

Employer

Name: Evans Landscaping, Inc.
Location: 4229 Roundbottom Rd, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45244
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was splitting wood with a log splitter when he noticed a piece of wood was stuck on the blade. As he tried to clear the wood, his hand contacted a moving cylinder, resulting in his left thumb being amputated between the blade and wood stop or moving cylinder.

Source

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