Amputations

Name: Amputations at WABASH WOOD PRODUCTS, INC.
Start: 10/5/2022

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022108758 · 10/5/2022 · WABASH WOOD PRODUCTS, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: WABASH WOOD PRODUCTS, INC.
Location: 339 W. INDUSTRIAL PARK ROAD, HARRISON, ARKANSAS, 72601
NAICS: 336211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At 4:15 p.m. on October 5, 2022, an employee was orienting a stack of wooden sticks on a conveyor feeding into an end matcher. His left little finger was crushed between a stick and an even bender, causing an avulsion to the skin of the finger. He was hospitalized and the fingertip was medically amputated.

Source

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