Amputations

Name: Amputations at BWP Hardwoods Inc.
Start: 4/14/2015

1 amputation · 2015042001 · 4/14/2015 · BWP Hardwoods 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: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
Source: Logs

Employer

Name: BWP Hardwoods Inc.
Location: 12942 US Route 322, BROOKVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15825
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee's finger was smashed when CANT, a cut log that can not be further processed in the saw mill operation, fell out of his hand. The employee lifted the log and lost his grip, and the log started to fall. While trying to change his grip to catch the log, his fingers got pinched between the log and the machine guard.

Source

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