Amputations

Name: Amputations at Rex Lumber Graceville, LLC
Start: 9/20/2019

1 amputation · 2019099867 · 9/20/2019 · Rex Lumber Graceville, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Rex Lumber Graceville, LLC
Location: 5299 Alabama Street, GRACEVILLE, FLORIDA, 32440
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a chop saw to cut boards. A board jammed. As he was clearing the jam, his right hand came in contact with the blade, resulting in the amputation of his middle and index fingers at the first joint. The machine was guarded at the time.

Source

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