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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020043393 · 4/14/2020 · Hardwood Design, 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 running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Hardwood Design, Inc.
Location
Suite E, EXETER, RHODE ISLAND, 02822
NAICS
321918
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

After planing the edge of a piece of wood with a jointer, an employee was inspecting the wood when the jointer's cutting head caught his left glove at the little finger. The finger was amputated at the first joint, below the fingernail.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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