Amputations

Name: Amputations at Wooden Pallets, LTD.
Start: 2/5/2021

1 amputation · 2021021062 · 2/5/2021 · Wooden Pallets, LTD.

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: Stacking machinery

Employer

Name: Wooden Pallets, LTD.
Location: 3840 Henry Read Rd., SILSBEE, TEXAS, 77656
NAICS: 321920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was stenciling the side of pallets. His thumb was caught between a pallet and a bar as a pallet was being lowered by the automated stacking machine. The employee sustained an amputation to the right thumb above the knuckle.

Source

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