OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221453129

CDC LOGGING, INC.

AMASA, MI· 2022-02-10T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Chain Saw, Finger, Slippery Surface, Tree Care, Tree Felling
NAICS: 113310
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345891063
Employer profile: CDC LOGGING, INC.
Summary number: 221453129
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee amputates finger from chainsaw

Investigation abstract

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on February 10, 2022, an employee was cutting limbs off of a felled tree with a Stihl chainsaw. The logs the employee was standing on slipped out from under him, causing him to fall forward. His left hand contacted the chain on top of the chainsaw bar, and the left index finger was amputated. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 60 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
496

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