Amputations

Name: Amputations at HIXSON LUMBER SALES, INC.
Start: 5/3/2015

1 amputation · 2015052542 · 5/3/2015 · HIXSON LUMBER SALES, 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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified

Employer

Name: HIXSON LUMBER SALES, INC.
Location: 1600 Hampton Drive, MAGNOLIA, ARKANSAS, 71753
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting boards and making sticks when a board got jammed in the saw. The employee tried to unjam the board and upon removing the jammed board the conveyor to the machine became activated. The employee's right ring finger was amputated.

Source

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