Amputations

Name: Amputations at Versatex Building Products, LLC
Start: 11/27/2019

1 amputation · 20191112314 · 11/27/2019 · Versatex Building Products, 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: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified

Employer

Name: Versatex Building Products, LLC
Location: 400 Steel Street, ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA, 15001
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting down trim kit pieces with a mitre saw. The employee was holding the board in place when the blade came down. The board kicked back and pulled his left hand into the table, amputating his index finger (at the second knuckle) and the tips of his middle and ring fingers.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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