Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at James Hardie Building Products
Start: 2/27/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015020847 · 2/27/2015 · James Hardie Building Products

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Saws-powered, except chainsaws

Employer

Name: James Hardie Building Products
Location: Husker Siding, ELKHORN, NEBRASKA, 68022
NAICS: 444190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting siding into 2-inch strips using a circular saw on a saw horse. The strip started to buckle; the employee reached to grab it, cutting the palm at the finger joint.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown