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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018043307 · 4/6/2018 · PAL-SERV, 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 running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Boring, routing, notching machines

Employer

Name
PAL-SERV, LLC
Location
1200 BROTHER PAUL AVENUE, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72114
NAICS
321920
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a wood notching machine (notcher) when the blades or delta heads of the notcher amputated three of his right middle fingers. The blades were unguarded and the machine was running at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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