Amputations

Name: Amputations at Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC
Start: 12/12/2023

1 amputation · 20231211341 · 12/12/2023 · Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Wood, lumber, unspecified
Secondary source: Wood, lumber, unspecified

Employer

Name: Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC
Location: 426 Frear Hill Rd, TUNKHANNOCK, PENNSYLVANIA, 18657
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was flush-cutting the stump of an ash tree. As the employee moved a block of wood, his right ring finger was pinched between it and another block of wood. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

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