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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016054310 · 5/17/2016 · Champion Home Builders, 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
Table saws

Employer

Name
Champion Home Builders, Inc.
Location
1915 SE State Road 100, LAKE CITY, FLORIDA, 32025
NAICS
321991
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cutting a shim on the quarter-inch flat stock of the table saw when the saw became jammed. While he was attempting to unjam the saw, his right index finger was amputated at the first knuckle, his middle finger was amputated at the second knuckle, and his ring finger was lacerated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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