Amputations

Name: Amputations at Shelly and Sands
Start: 11/23/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015118853 · 11/23/2015 · Shelly and Sands

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
Source: Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
Secondary source: Co-worker

Employer

Name: Shelly and Sands
Location: I-70 & State Route 265, CAMBRIDGE, OHIO, 43725
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was measuring plywood with a coworker when the coworker stepped on the plywood. The injured employee's finger got caught between two sheets of plywood and the left ring fingertip was snipped off. The employee required surgical amputation down to the first joint.

Source

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