Amputations

Name: Amputations at BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC.
Start: 5/25/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017054735 · 5/25/2017 · BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC.
Location: 400 RED PINE COURT, PRENTICE, WISCONSIN, 54556
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a board that was lodged in the infeed of an edger when his right ring finger made contact with the cutter-head and was amputated.

Source

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