Amputations

Name: Amputations at A&A Building Specialties, Inc.
Start: 4/26/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019044272 · 4/26/2019 · A&A Building Specialties, 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: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Table saws

Employer

Name: A&A Building Specialties, Inc.
Location: 5031 Flournoy Lucas Rd., SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71129
NAICS: 332312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While an employee was making a template on a table saw from 3/4" plywood, the blade kicked the plywood up and the employee's finger contacted the blade. The employee's middle finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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