Amputations

Name: Amputations at C & L Wood Products, Inc.
Start: 10/30/2019

1 amputation · 20191011281 · 10/30/2019 · C & L Wood Products, 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: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Wood, lumber, unspecified
Secondary source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: C & L Wood Products, Inc.
Location: 62 Walnut Road, HARTSELLE, ALABAMA, 35640
NAICS: 321920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was dislodging a piece of lumber from a conveyor when another piece of lumber hit the piece he was attempting to remove, causing his left pinky finger to be caught between the lumber and a piece of steel. As a result, his left pinky finger was amputated.

Source

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