Amputations

Name: Amputations at Simcoe Wood Products, Inc.
Start: 2/6/2020

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020021215 · 2/6/2020 · Simcoe Wood Products, 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 during regular operation
Source: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Simcoe Wood Products, Inc.
Location: 3730 AL Hwy 69 N, CULLMAN, ALABAMA, 35058
NAICS: 321920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting slat boards with a cut-off saw. The saw/guard control was activated while her right hand was under the pneumatic guard. The guard came down and the saw blade started and came up, amputating her right index, middle, and ring fingers and the tip of the little finger.

Source

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