Amputations

Name: Amputations at Stark Truss Company
Start: 12/30/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20191213280 · 12/30/2019 · Stark Truss Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Arm saws, radial arm saws
Secondary source: Bodily conditions of injured, ill worker

Employer

Name: Stark Truss Company
Location: 25 Boneau Rd., NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND, 02852
NAICS: 321214
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting wood for truss assembly using a radial arm saw. The employee had a seizure while operating the saw and the tip of his left thumb was amputated.

Source

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