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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017099367 · 9/16/2017 · Muth Lumber Company, 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
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Stacking machinery
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Muth Lumber Company, Inc.
Location
1301 Adams Ln, IRONTON, OHIO, 45638
NAICS
423310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to get a pulley going on a stacker/trimmer machine when the employee's glove was caught in the pulley. The pulley then smashed the employee's hand resulting in a finger amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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