Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Forks Timber Company, Inc.
Start: 2/29/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016021827 · 2/29/2016 · Forks Timber Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Forks Timber Company, Inc.
Location: Tract of timber off of Bickley Highway out to Dixie Union, NICHOLLS, GEORGIA, 31554
NAICS: 113310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee's hand was caught between the air conditioner belt and pulley on a tree cutter machine. The employee's left hand was crushed and the employee was hospitalized due to the injury.

Source

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