Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Boise Cascade
Start: 1/19/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017010621 · 1/19/2017 · Boise Cascade

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Product assembly machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Boise Cascade
Location: 8835 Highway 1 North, LENA, LOUISIANA, 71447
NAICS: 321213
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to clean the focus eye lens in a trough that wood passes through on the lay-up assembly line. The machine started while the employee's right ring finger was in the strike area and a piece of wood crushed the finger, breaking it and causing the fingertip to burst.

Source

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