Amputations

Name: Amputations at Langboard, Inc.
Start: 9/20/2016

1 amputation · 2016098894 · 9/20/2016 · Langboard, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Langboard, Inc.
Location: 548 Langboard Road, WILLACOOCHEE, GEORGIA, 31650
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance and changing the belt on a chip transport pump when his left index finger was caught between the belt and pulley, amputating his fingertip below the fingernail.

Source

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