Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Weyerhaeuser Company
Start: 4/2/2024

1 amputation · 2024042899 · 4/2/2024 · Weyerhaeuser Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thumb(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Lathes
Secondary source: Sanders handtool

Employer

Name: Weyerhaeuser Company
Location: 13051 Highway 278, DIERKS, ARKANSAS, 71833
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was sanding a metal shaft on a lathe when his right thumb when under the sandpaper, resulting in the amputation of the distal portion of the thumb.

Source

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