Amputations

Name: Amputations at Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation
Start: 6/1/2022

1 amputation · 2022064742 · 6/1/2022 · Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation

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: Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
Secondary source: Wood, lumber, unspecified

Employer

Name: Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation
Location: 441 W Market Street, BEAVERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17813
NAICS: 337110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repositioning a wooden board that did not feed properly into a saw. The board then became jammed. The employee reached to grasp the board and their left middle finger became stuck between the fence and a moving chain, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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