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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022031984 · 3/3/2022 · Thomas Wiedemeier Sawmill

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
Boring, routing, notching machines
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Thomas Wiedemeier Sawmill
Location
N6480 Riverview Rd, PORTERFIELD, WISCONSIN, 54159
NAICS
321113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a pallet stringer notcher. A piece of pallet stringer became lodged in the machine. The employee was trying to remove it when his glove was caught and his hand was pulled into the blades of the notcher. All four fingers and part of the employee's thumb on the right hand were amputated. The machine was not locked out at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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