Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Beach Timber Company, Inc.
Start: 1/31/2024

1 amputation · 2024010947 · 1/31/2024 · Beach Timber Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment unspecified
Source: Stationary sawing machinery stationary n.e.c.
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Beach Timber Company, Inc.
Location: 128 Beach Timber Rd., ALMA, GEORGIA, 31510
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a chain and sprocket on a bucksaw. The bucksaw activated and the chain and sprocket caught the employee's left hand and fingers. The four fingers on the hand were amputated.

Source

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