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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018043222 · 4/4/2018 · Bingaman & Son Lumber, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Bingaman & Son Lumber, Inc
Location
1195 Creek Mountain Road, KREAMER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17833
NAICS
321113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a pneumatically actuated chop saw when his left hand entered the table opening where the blade comes up from below the table. The foot pedal was pressed and the saw actuated, amputating his left thumb just above the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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