Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Lumber and Things, Inc
Start: 7/11/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024076278 · 7/11/2024 · Lumber and Things, Inc

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 during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Stationary sawing machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Lumber and Things, Inc
Location: 442 Harland Ritter Drive Road, KEYSER, WEST VIRGINIA, 26726
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was putting the chain back on the sprocket of a saw when the engine started. The employee's middle and ring fingers were amputated to the top knuckle.

Source

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