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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018054675 · 5/14/2018 · Millwood Lumber Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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
Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Millwood Lumber Inc.
Location
2400 Larson Road SE, GNADENHUTTEN, OHIO, 44629
NAICS
321113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a vertical splitter to split logs and was holding the log on the top. As he depressed the foot pedal, the blades came down and amputated a portion of his right index finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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