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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024042876 · 4/1/2024 · Fifth Avenue Lumber Co

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Boring, planing, milling machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name
Fifth Avenue Lumber Co
Location
5200 Winchester Pike, CANAL WINCHESTER, OHIO, 43110
NAICS
321214
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing debris from a shaper machine when the feed wheels caught his glove and pulled his hand into the blade, resulting in two right-hand finger amputations and injury to another finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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