Amputations

Name: Amputations at Swift Lumber, Inc.
Start: 12/10/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20191212674 · 12/10/2019 · Swift Lumber, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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, n.e.c.
Source: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Swift Lumber, Inc.
Location: 1450 Swift Mill Rd, ATMORE, ALABAMA, 36504
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working at the edger when he started to fall. He reached his hand out and it contacted the edger chain and/or was caught between two boards, resulting in a left pinky finger amputation. The chain and sprocket was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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