EMERSON, ARKANSAS—
Weyerhaeuser Company
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Weyerhaeuser Company, 101 Columbia 14 W, EMERSON, ARKANSAS 71740 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was raking wood debris from the floor of a step feeder while a second employee was on top of the step feeder using a picaroon to unplug wood from an opening that was full of debris. A piece of wood fell 10 feet through the opening and struck the first employee's left pinky finger, amputating it behind the nail.
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