Amputations

Name: Amputations at Wood-Mode, Incorporated
Start: 3/12/2019

1 amputation · 2019032645 · 3/12/2019 · Wood-Mode, Incorporated

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: Table saws

Employer

Name: Wood-Mode, Incorporated
Location: 1 Second Street, KREAMER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17833
NAICS: 337110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting a recessed cabinet panel on a table saw. The panel jammed and then quickly slipped forward into the blade. The employee's hand was in-line with the saw blade as the panel slipped forward and the employee sustained a left fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time.

Source

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