Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Parallel33 Lumber Corp., 375 Coosa Road, BOAZ, ALABAMA 35956
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was removing scrap pieces of board from a conveyor and sustained an amputation to the right pinky fingertip.
An employee was trying to remove a jammed board. A running belt caught the employee's left middle finger against a plastic slide. The finger was lacerated, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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