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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019043375 · 4/1/2019 · Weyerhaeuser ELP

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name
Weyerhaeuser ELP
Location
234 Industrial Blvd., NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA, 71457
NAICS
321213
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a reject from a press machine when the rollers came on. The employee's right index, middle, and ring fingers were caught between the rollers; she suffered a soft tissue amputation to the tip of the index finger, a missing nail on the ring finger, and a scratch on the middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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