Amputations

Name: Amputations at Conifex El Dorado Inc.
Start: 1/22/2018

1 amputation · 2018010709 · 1/22/2018 · Conifex El Dorado Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Wood, lumber, unspecified
Secondary source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Conifex El Dorado Inc.
Location: 5428 Junction City Hwy, EL DORADO, ARKANSAS, 71730
NAICS: 321999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a pick-axe to unjam lumber (approximately 192 lbs.) from a machine when the lumber slipped and pinned his left pinky finger between the edge of the board and another board. His finger was pinched off below the fingernail.

Source

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