Amputations

Name: Amputations at Brookside Lumber & Supply Company, Inc.
Start: 11/16/2017

1 amputation · 20171111040 · 11/16/2017 · Brookside Lumber & Supply 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: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Table saws

Employer

Name: Brookside Lumber & Supply Company, Inc.
Location: Scarlett Drive, UPPER SAINT CLAIR, PENNSYLVANIA, 15241
NAICS: 238350
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On November 16, at approximately 11:00 AM, an employee was using a table saw to cut the edge off a board when the blade amputated two of the employee's fingertips to the first knuckle. The saw was unguarded at the time.

Source

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