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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2025077527 · 7/31/2025 · Conservation Legacy

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
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Logging and wood processing machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Conservation Legacy
Location
Old Fort Lewis at Hesperus, HESPERUS, COLORADO, 81326
NAICS
115310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two employees were operating a wood splitter. An employee was loading wood into the splitter when the tip of his right thumb was crushed between the rear end of the wood and the back metal plate of the wood splitter. The employee's thumb tip was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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