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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015010945 · 1/29/2015 · Paul Davis, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Paul Davis, Inc.
Location
144 SAWMILL ROAD, AMITE, LOUISIANA, 70422
NAICS
321113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employee used his hands to straighten and pull boards toward himself in the trough of the trim saw. His finger was caught between two boards coming down the chains, amputating the top of the ring finger of his left hand. He lost flesh and the bone will be cut off.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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