Amputations

Name: Amputations at BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC.
Start: 5/6/2021

1 amputation · 2021053732 · 5/6/2021 · BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC.
Location: 400 RED PINE COURT, PRENTICE, WISCONSIN, 54556
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On May 6, 2021, an employee was unjamming a machine. As a sorter bin was lowering, the employee's left index finger was pulled into the pulley system resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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