Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tallahatchie Lumber, LLC
Start: 10/27/2015

1 amputation · 2015108031 · 10/27/2015 · Tallahatchie Lumber, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Forearm(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Tallahatchie Lumber, LLC
Location: 500 N Market St., CHARLESTON, MISSISSIPPI, 38921
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Four employees were preparing to change a head saw blade. One employee shut the head saw down and while the blade was still rotating another employee opened a door on the backside of the head saw. That employee reached inside the door with his right hand and his arm was struck by the saw blade amputating the lower arm.

Source

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