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Amputations

1 amputation · 20181111754 · 11/14/2018 · Millwood Lumber Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source
Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

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

Narrative

On 11/14/18, at approximately 12:15 PM, an employee was using a foot-operated vertical splitter to re-split firewood logs when the blades struck the employee's right thumb, resulting in an amputation above the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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