Amputations

Name: Amputations at BOISE CASCADE, LLC
Start: 3/13/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018032475 · 3/13/2018 · BOISE CASCADE, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name: BOISE CASCADE, LLC
Location: 140 VAN PLY ROAD/HWY 165, OAKDALE, LOUISIANA, 71463
NAICS: 321212
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to unjam a skewed piece of wood panel from a press when the press door unexpectedly closed on his left hand, resulting in fingertip amputations to his index and ring fingers and a 1-inch amputation to his middle finger.

Source

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