Amputations

Name: Amputations at USDA Forest Service
Start: 8/17/2022

1 amputation · 2022087309 · 8/17/2022 · USDA Forest Service

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Entangled in other object or equipment
Source: Rope, twine, string
Secondary source: Horses and other equines

Employer

Name: USDA Forest Service
Location: 1569 US Highway 200, LINCOLN, MONTANA, 59639
NAICS: 921190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was making a pride loop to tie a horse. The horse got aggressive and the loop closed around the employee's left hand amputating the fingertips.

Source

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