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Amputations

1 amputation · 20161211339 · 12/5/2016 · Allegheny Wood Products, 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
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Wood, lumber, unspecified
Secondary source
Chippers

Employer

Name
Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.
Location
577 Clover Dew Dairy Road, PRINCETON, WEST VIRGINIA, 24740
NAICS
321113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was pushing boards into a chipper when the ends of two boards closed together and caught the employee's right middle fingertip, amputating approximately one-third of the fingernail.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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