Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221433519

317729927 - DON WHITAKER LOGGING & HAULING INC

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Cable Logging, Caught In, Engineering Controls, Finger, Hand, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Hoistline, Lack of Engineering Controls, Logging, Pinched
NAICS
113310
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345754634
Employer profile
317729927 - DON WHITAKER LOGGING & HAULING INC
Summary number
221433519
Report ID
1054116

Event description

Employee amputates fingers when caught in cable logging carr

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on January 28, 2022, an employee had a skyline eye in his hand when he told his coworker he needed a little more slack on the line. The skidding line break was accidently released causing the carriage to come down the line. The employee caught his right hand in the front shiv of the carriage amputating four of his fingers. The employee was taken to the hospital, where he was admitted.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 25 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    496

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