Amputations

Name: Amputations at Universal Forest Products, LLC
Start: 12/8/2017

1 amputation · 20171211657 · 12/8/2017 · Universal Forest Products, LLC

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: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Universal Forest Products, LLC
Location: 159 Jackson Road, BERLIN, NEW JERSEY, 08009
NAICS: 321992
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was feeding 2x4s into a pop-up saw by hand when his right hand contacted the blade, amputating his right thumb below the fingernail. The saw was guarded at the time.

Source

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