Amputations

Name: Amputations at US Fish & Wildlife Service
Start: 1/14/2020

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020010372 · 1/14/2020 · US Fish & Wildlife Service

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Chippers

Employer

Name: US Fish & Wildlife Service
Location: Forest area, SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, ILLINOIS, 62225
NAICS: 541711
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a wood chipper machine when it became jammed with material. The employee's fingertip was amputated while trying to unjam it and the employee was hospitalized. The machine was not running at the time of the incident.

Source

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