Fractures

Name: Fractures at Summerford Pallet Company
Start: 7/7/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023076027 · 7/7/2023 · Summerford Pallet Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Summerford Pallet Company
Location: 119 Industrial Park Drive, POPLARVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 39470
NAICS: 321920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was feeding a multiple head trim saw with wooden boards. A board jammed between two chains. As the employee tried to clear the jam, their right index finger was caught by the machine and broken.

Source

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