Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Appalachian Wood Products, Inc.
Start: 8/7/2025

1 amputation · 2025087788 · 8/7/2025 · Appalachian Wood Products, 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: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Appalachian Wood Products, Inc.
Location: 171 Appalachian Drive, CLEARFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA, 16830
NAICS: 321918
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a jammed piece of scrap wood from the end of a machine saw when the wood pulled their right hand into the saw blade, resulting in an index finger amputation below the second knuckle.

Source

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