US Forest Service

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. — Amputations — COEUR D ALENE, IDAHO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at US Forest Service in COEUR D ALENE, IDAHO
Employer US Forest Service Report ID 2023043034
Address 3600 W Nursery Road City, State ZIP COEUR D ALENE, IDAHO 83815
Event Date April 5, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. Source of Injury Spreading machinery-agricultural
Industry (NAICS) 113210 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 47.71000, -116.82000

Incident Narrative

An employee was receiving an overview on how to clean out a piece of the top dressing machine when it gets jammed with pearlite. The employee went to feel the roller grooves when the machine activated and amputated his right index fingertip.

Incident Summary

On April 5, 2023, a worker at US Forest Service in COEUR D ALENE, IDAHO suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c., with spreading machinery-agricultural identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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