Amputations

Name: Amputations at NICKS' LANDSCAPING & TREE SERVICE, INC.
Start: 1/31/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018011043 · 1/31/2018 · NICKS' LANDSCAPING & TREE SERVICE, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Chippers

Employer

Name: NICKS' LANDSCAPING & TREE SERVICE, INC.
Location: 169 West Island Road, NORTHFIELD, OHIO, 44067
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was greasing the bearing on a wood chipper when his left hand was caught in the fan, amputating four fingers. The wood chipper was running and the fan was unguarded at the time.

Source

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