Amputations

Name: Amputations at Nature's Source Products, Inc.
Start: 2/14/2018

1 amputation · 2018021532 · 2/14/2018 · Nature's Source 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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Log processing machinery

Employer

Name: Nature's Source Products, Inc.
Location: 854 Guerdon Street, LAKE CITY, FLORIDA, 32055
NAICS: 321999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a jammed piece of wood from the 4-way splitter by pushing the jammed wood with another piece of wood. When the jammed wood was pushed free the 4-way splitter ram released and came forward striking and amputating the employee's left thumb at the knuckle.

Source

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