Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Woodgrain Millwork, Inc.
Start: 1/30/2025

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025010981 · 1/30/2025 · Woodgrain Millwork, 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: Machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Drives, belts, chains

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was reinstalling an idler machine. He went to tighten the bolt that holds the idler on and the machine started due to a sensor reading the movement. His right little finger was caught in the drive belt and the distal phalanx was amputated.

Source

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