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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024021698 · 2/23/2024 · Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation
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 or wedged between objects nonrunning
- Source
- Chippers
- Secondary source
- Secondary source not applicable
Employer
- Name
- Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation
- Location
- 900 Eugene Soileau Rd, WASHINGTON, LOUISIANA, 70589
- NAICS
- 221122
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was trying to rotate the chute on top of a wood chipper. The chute turned and partially amputated the employee's left index finger.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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