Amputations

Name: Amputations at WOOD GOODS INDUSTRIES, INC.
Start: 12/4/2018

1 amputation · 20181212431 · 12/4/2018 · WOOD GOODS INDUSTRIES, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Planing mills

Employer

Name: WOOD GOODS INDUSTRIES, INC.
Location: 407 S. DUNCAN ST., LUCK, WISCONSIN, 54853
NAICS: 337127
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was manually feeding boards into the planer to put a jointing edge along the long side of the boards. Their left hand slipped, bounced off the guard's edge, and contacted the cutting blade. The left ring fingertip was amputated up to the first knuckle.

Source

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