Amputations

Name: Amputations at Swift Lumber, Inc.
Start: 9/10/2019

1 amputation · 2019099403 · 9/10/2019 · Swift Lumber, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Chippers

Employer

Name: Swift Lumber, Inc.
Location: 1450 Swift Mill Road, ATMORE, ALABAMA, 36502
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee turned off the power to a chipper in order to change the blade. The employee then went to get tools. When he returned to the chipper, he checked to see if the blade had stopped spinning and his left ring finger became caught between the belt drive and sheave. He sustained a fingertip and fingernail amputation.

Source

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