During the delivery of water to a local community location. A water tanker driver suffered finger injuries when he attempted to pull start the diesel generator water pump. The Driver attached the starter rope directly to the water pump flywheel notch and coiled the starter rope around his left hand while holding the starter handle with his right hand. On pulling the starter rope the rope failed to come free from the fly wheel which tensioned under force around his left hand coiled with the starter rope amputating his 4 fingers (index, middle ,ring & little fingers