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Joe Meyer Tree Service, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — SPRING GROVE, ILLINOIS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Joe Meyer Tree Service, Inc. in SPRING GROVE, ILLINOIS
Employer Joe Meyer Tree Service, Inc. Report ID 2018010613
Address 6809 N. U.S. Highway 12 City, State ZIP SPRING GROVE, ILLINOIS 60081
Event Date January 18, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 561730 Inspection # 1290756
GPS Coordinates 46.00000, -102.64000

Incident Narrative

An employee was moving a self-propelled wood splitting machine in the storage yard when the vertical splitter lowered on his right hand, crushing and breaking his index finger. His fingertip had to be surgically amputated. The machine was energized at the time.

Incident Summary

On January 18, 2018, a worker at Joe Meyer Tree Service, Inc. in SPRING GROVE, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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