Amputations

Name: Amputations at USG Interiors
Start: 8/4/2016

1 amputation · 2016087193 · 8/4/2016 · USG Interiors

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: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: USG Interiors
Location: 850 N Broadway St., GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 38701
NAICS: 327993
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a trimmer saw. When the employee removed the chock block, the saw blade rotated, amputating a centimeter of his index finger (no nail or bone loss) and avulsing his middle finger.

Source

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