OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221392897

PACIFIC STATES - SUKUT - P31, A JOINT VENTURE

OROVILLE, CA· 2021-09-01T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Choker, Choker Cable, Cutting, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Load Shift, Log, Logger, Logging, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Traumatic Amputation, Unstable Load, Unstable Position
NAICS: 562910
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345538011
Employer profile: PACIFIC STATES - SUKUT - P31, A JOINT VENTURE
Summary number: 221392897
Report ID: 0950623

Event description

Employee partially amputates finger when caught between cabl

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on September 1, 2021, an employee working as a lumberjack for a remediation service was setting a choker on two logs. The logs shifted causing tension within the choker. The employee caught his left hand between the choker cable and a knot on the log. The employee amputated his index finger at the interphalangeal joint, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
496

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