Amputations

Name: Amputations at Harrigan Lumber Co., Inc.
Start: 4/10/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019043703 · 4/10/2019 · Harrigan Lumber Co., Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Planing mills

Employer

Name: Harrigan Lumber Co., Inc.
Location: 1033 Hornady Drive, MONROEVILLE, ALABAMA, 36460
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a planer feed table. As he was clearing a jam, his left hand was caught between the speed-up roll and a piece of timber. He suffered amputations to the left ring and middle fingers to the first and second joints. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Source

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