Amputations

Name: Amputations at L & L Lumber Co., Inc.
Start: 10/18/2021

1 amputation · 2021108957 · 10/18/2021 · L & L Lumber Co., 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: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: L & L Lumber Co., Inc.
Location: 3310 North Hi-Lo Circle, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35811
NAICS: 321912
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was dislodging a jammed board from a moulder machine when they suffered the amputation of a portion of the tuft of their middle fingertip. The machine was not guarded nor locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Source

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