Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Beaver Holdings, Inc.
Start: 2/8/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024021207 · 2/8/2024 · Beaver Holdings, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Boring, reaming, routing, notching machinery
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Beaver Holdings, Inc.
Location: 314 Industrial Blvd, SHELL LAKE, WISCONSIN, 54871
NAICS: 321999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On February 8, 2024, at 6:40 a.m., an employee was operating a hinge boring machine when the back of his left gloved hand was caught by a rotating 35-mm bit, resulting in a circular puncture injury that required surgery.

Source

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