Amputations

Name: Amputations at CLEARSPAN COMPONENTS, INC.
Start: 3/27/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017032755 · 3/27/2017 · CLEARSPAN COMPONENTS, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: CLEARSPAN COMPONENTS, INC.
Location: 6110 OLD HWY 80 W, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39301
NAICS: 321918
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was feeding lumber into a header saw when the saw was activated via the foot switch, causing it to cycle and amputate his left ring finger at the nail.

Source

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