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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019032420 · 3/6/2019 · Varn Wood Products, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Conveyors-chain

Employer

Name
Varn Wood Products, LLC
Location
11873 N. Brantley Ave., HOBOKEN, GEORGIA, 31542
NAICS
321912
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning up around a sawmill, throwing logs onto a long-log chain-conveyor. The nip point between a metal trough and a log caught his right index finger, causing a partial amputation at the first joint.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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