STATESBORO, GEORGIA—
Claude Howard Lumber Company
Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Claude Howard Lumber Company, 600 Park Avenue, STATESBORO, GEORGIA 30458 on — Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury, affecting the eye(s).
Final narrative
An employee had been using a coil cleaning product when the wind blew the chemical into his face resulting in eye irritation.
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STATESBORO, GEORGIA—
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An employee was repairing a photo eye on the infeed roll case when they dropped a tool. The employee went to grab the tool and his fingers contacted the chain and sprocket of the infeed roll case. His fingers were pulled into the pinch point and the fingertips were crushed, resulting in amputation of one fingertip.
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