Amputations

Name: Amputations at Wellborn Forest Products, Inc.
Start: 2/13/2018

1 amputation · 2018021483 · 2/13/2018 · Wellborn Forest Products, 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: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Band saws

Employer

Name: Wellborn Forest Products, Inc.
Location: 2212 Airport Blvd., ALEXANDER CITY, ALABAMA, 35010
NAICS: 337110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was running a band saw machine and crushed the tip of the right middle finger in the bar holder when the machine cycled. The bone was exposed and the finger was amputated to just below the nail.

Source

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