Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Southwest Log & Timber Works, Inc.
Start: 1/14/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024010362 · 1/14/2024 · Southwest Log & Timber Works, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Logging and wood processing machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Southwest Log & Timber Works, Inc.
Location: 10279 Hicks Field Road, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76179
NAICS: 321992
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On January 14, 2024, an employee was using a wood splitter to split pieces of wood when his left middle finger was pinched between the splitting ram and the wood block, resulting in a fingertip amputation just below the nail.

Source

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