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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021098314 · 9/27/2021 · Upshur Forest Products, 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 during regular operation
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Upshur Forest Products, LLC
Location
5231 Daffodil Road, GILMER, TEXAS, 75645
NAICS
321920
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

As an employee was loading boards into a pallet machine, his left little finger was pinched between the gantry and the piece of wood he was holding and the distal tuft was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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