Amputations

Name: Amputations at Two Rivers Lumber Co., LLC
Start: 10/4/2020

1 amputation · 2020109419 · 10/4/2020 · Two Rivers Lumber Co., 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: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Two Rivers Lumber Co., LLC
Location: 970 Industrial Prkwy Rd, DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA, 36732
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was rotating a belt on the canter machine by hand to check the alignment on the belt after a new canter head and arbor shaft were installed. His left thumb was caught between the belt and the sheave resulting in an avulsion and partial amputation to the left thumb.

Source

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