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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024087132 · 8/5/2024 · Burt Lumber Company

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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 stationary n.e.c.
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Burt Lumber Company
Location
911 GREENSBORO HIGHWAY, WASHINGTON, GEORGIA, 30673
NAICS
321113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was maintaining lumber stacks when the outfeed chip head jammed with a block of wood. While unjamming it, their right hand contacted the spinning head on the chip and saw (CNS) machine and they sustained amputation of their ring and little fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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