Amputations

Name: Amputations at West Fraser Augusta Lumber Mill
Start: 11/13/2018

1 amputation · 20181111694 · 11/13/2018 · West Fraser Augusta Lumber Mill

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: West Fraser Augusta Lumber Mill
Location: 2474 Doug Barnard Parkway, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30906
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At about 7:20 p.m. on November 13, 2018, a maintenance worker was installing a plastic clevis pin in the fully extended ram of an air-pressurized pneumatic cylinder. The clevis/pin ram caused a fracture and laceration to his right index fingertip that later resulted in a medical amputation.

Source

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