Amputations

Name: Amputations at Thomasville Lumber Co., Inc.
Start: 6/30/2022

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022065748 · 6/30/2022 · Thomasville Lumber Co., Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Band saws

Employer

Name: Thomasville Lumber Co., Inc.
Location: 4922 HWY 5, THOMASVILLE, ALABAMA, 36784
NAICS: 321912
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A temporary employee was helping to change the blades on a bandsaw. One of the two hoods on the saw (which opened for blade replacement) closed on the employee's hand, resulting in an amputation to the right little finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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