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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024109737 · 10/19/2024 · Woodgrain Millwork, Inc.

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 unspecified
Secondary source
Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name
Woodgrain Millwork, Inc.
Location
300 NW 16th St, FRUITLAND, IDAHO, 83619
NAICS
321918
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was investigating a saw blade that was not spinning. The employee was checking the tension chain when the motor activated and his left index finger was caught in the chain belt, resulting in a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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