Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hardwood Design, Inc., Suite E, EXETER, RHODE ISLAND 02822
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
After planing the edge of a piece of wood with a jointer, an employee was inspecting the wood when the jointer's cutting head caught his left glove at the little finger. The finger was amputated at the first joint, below the fingernail.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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