Amputations

Name: Amputations at Heritage Oak, LLC
Start: 1/17/2018

1 amputation · 2018010550 · 1/17/2018 · Heritage Oak, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Heritage Oak, LLC
Location: 137 State Hwy 37, SARCOXIE, MISSOURI, 64862
NAICS: 321918
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting knots out of the flooring using a chop saw. When he reached for a board, the saw activated and he suffered a partial amputation to his thumb tip. The saw was guarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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