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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 2019099611 · 9/14/2019 · International Timber & Veneer LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
International Timber & Veneer LLC
Location
75 McQuiston Drive, JACKSON CENTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 16133
NAICS
321211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A maintenance employee changed the knives on the hog barrel while the machine was locked out. After installing the new knives, the employee had to spin the barrel to ensure the knives did not hit the machine. As the barrel was spinning, his left hand was struck by a knife. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery on his left thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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