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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024054320 · 5/16/2024 · G&S Lumber Co., Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
Source
Source, secondary source unspecified
Secondary source
Stationary sawing machinery unspecified

Employer

Name
G&S Lumber Co., Inc.
Location
291 S US Highway 59, NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS, 75963
NAICS
321113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unjamming crooked logs, slipped on wet metal tracks, and fell backward into a 58" diameter saw blade that was rotating at 840 revolutions per minute. The employee sustained an amputation of his left arm, just above the elbow.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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