Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Georgia-Pacific Building Products
Start: 3/5/2025

1 amputation · 2025032112 · 3/5/2025 · Georgia-Pacific Building Products

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 door, gate, window
Source: Doors, hatches vehicle and machine cabin
Secondary source: Bucket, front-end, and pay loaders

Employer

Name: Georgia-Pacific Building Products
Location: 100 Martin Luther King Jr. St., DIBOLL, TEXAS, 75941
NAICS: 423390
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee entered the cab of an industrial front-end loader when the wind blew the door shut on their right thumb, resulting in amputation above the first joint. The thumb tip was reattached.

Source

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