Amputations

Name: Amputations at Wellborn Cabinet, Inc.
Start: 2/9/2022

1 amputation · 2022021228 · 2/9/2022 · Wellborn Cabinet, Inc.

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: Planing mills
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Wellborn Cabinet, Inc.
Location: 38669 Highway 77 S, ASHLAND, ALABAMA, 36251
NAICS: 337110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was planing a 12"x37"x3/4" piece of maple when the tip of her glove was caught by carbon rollers on the planer, pulling her left middle finger into the planer. The employee suffered a partial finger amputation between the middle and proximal joints.

Source

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