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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20201211281 · 12/1/2020 · Biewer Sawmill - Newton, LLC
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- Source
- Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Biewer Sawmill - Newton, LLC
- Location
- 3319 Coliseum Drive, NEWTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39345
- NAICS
- 321113
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was trying to free a lumber slab that had hung up at a saw infeed. The chipper head and saw amputated one of his fingers at the knuckle.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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