Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122173.015 - Employee amputates thumb when hand is pinched in cable block

Accident Summary Nr: 122173.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/16/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1423935.015	08/12/2019		113310	Anderson Logging Inc

Abstract: At 7:00 a.m. on July 16, 2019, an employee was walking downhill to where other employees were working when he slipped and grabbed a cable block to try to catch himself. The block was not moving at the time but the employee amputated his left thumb and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Caught In, Crane, Crane Block, Finger, Hand, Hill, Logging, Pinched, Slip, Slippery Surface, Thumb, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1423935.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury

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