Amputations

Name: Amputations at HIXSON LUMBER SALES, INC.
Start: 7/22/2021

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021076056 · 7/22/2021 · HIXSON LUMBER SALES, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Planing mills

Employer

Name: HIXSON LUMBER SALES, INC.
Location: 2500 S. Washington St., MAGNOLIA, ARKANSAS, 71753
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unjamming a board in a planer machine. The machine's roller crushed his right hand, breaking the wrist and amputating a finger. He was hospitalized.

Source

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