Amputations

Name: Amputations at Georgia Pacific Wood Products LLC, Diboll Lumber Operation
Start: 11/15/2018

1 amputation · 20181111787 · 11/15/2018 · Georgia Pacific Wood Products LLC, Diboll Lumber Operation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name: Georgia Pacific Wood Products LLC, Diboll Lumber Operation
Location: 100 Martin Luther King Jr. St., DIBOLL, TEXAS, 75941
NAICS: 321920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a strapper machine and asked the machine operator to place the machine in "Service Mode On." However, the operator placed the machine in "Service Mode Off." The maintenance employee entered the machine and triggered the service eye, causing the machine to cycle. The machine then struck his foot, piercing his safety boot and resulting in the amputation of his right pinky toe.

Source

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