Amputations

Name: Amputations at Wellborn Cabinet, Inc.
Start: 7/27/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018077660 · 7/27/2018 · Wellborn Cabinet, Inc.

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: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Wellborn Cabinet, Inc.
Location: 38669 Highway 77, ASHLAND, ALABAMA, 36251
NAICS: 337110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pushing a board through a manual chop saw, controlled by a foot pedal. As he was adjusting the board, the saw blade amputated his left index finger. The saw was guarded at the time.

Source

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