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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018065625 · 6/8/2018 · Homerwood Hardwood Flooring, 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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Homerwood Hardwood Flooring, Inc.
Location
1026 Industrial Drive, TITUSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16354
NAICS
321918
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The employee was shadowing on an auto chop saw. He put a piece of wood into the molder and it jammed between the fencing. Other product hit the jammed piece of wood. The employee went to remove the jammed piece of wood and his left pinky finger was pinched between the wood pieces. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the pinky finger on his left hand.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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