Amputations

Name: Amputations at Weyerhaeuser Company
Start: 2/23/2018

1 amputation · 2018021859 · 2/23/2018 · Weyerhaeuser Company

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: Planing mills

Employer

Name: Weyerhaeuser Company
Location: 120 Main St, DIERKS, ARKANSAS, 71833
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to remove part of a broken board from the planer machine and made contact with the cutting head. The employee's right hand thumb, index and middle fingers were amputated.

Source

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