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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024109334 · 10/7/2024 · Wood Products, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Cleaning machinery, appliances n.e.c.
Secondary source
Fan and turbine parts

Employer

Name
Wood Products, Inc.
Location
1002 South 46th Street, GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA, 58201
NAICS
337122
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unclogging the sawdust collection system on a gang saw when they sustained amputations to their left middle fingertip and right index fingertip from the spinning turbines in the chute.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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