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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 20171110603 · 11/3/2017 · Weyerhauser Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), except finger(s)
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Weyerhauser Company
Location
Engineered Lumber Products (ELP), CASTLEBERRY, ALABAMA, 36432
NAICS
321999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was feeding lumber into a reclaim saw when a block of wood became stuck on the table. He was attempting to remove the block of wood with his hand when the saw blade cut across the middle of his right palm, lacerating it from the thumb to the pinky. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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