Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Buchanan Lumber Birmingham, Inc.
Start: 8/16/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017087846 · 8/16/2017 · Buchanan Lumber Birmingham, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Buttock(s)
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified
Secondary source: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Buchanan Lumber Birmingham, Inc.
Location: 501 Baptist Line Road, ALICEVILLE, ALABAMA, 35442
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pulling boards from a re-saw chain and feeding them through a ripsaw when a wood shard ejected from the ripsaw. The wood shard struck the employee and became embedded in the right buttocks, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Source

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