WAVERLY, OHIO—
Oak Chips Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Oak Chips Inc., 306 West North Street, WAVERLY, OHIO 45690 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was feed-loading a board into the loading port or opening of a sap edger when the board kicked back out of the port, causing four of his left-hand fingers to be pinched between the ejected board and another stationary or slowly moving board on the conveyor.
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WAVERLY, OHIO—
Oak Chips Inc.
An employee had changed the blade on a band saw and was manually spinning the wheel when his finger was caught between the blade and the wheel. His left middle finger broke, and his left cheek and right palm were lacerated.
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