Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Danzer Veneer Americas, Inc., 240 Reach Road, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA 17701
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a hatchet to cut a dangling shoe lace from his boot. As the employee swung the hatchet down, the top of his left thumb was partially amputated.
An employee was on a ladder, pruning a tree in the outside picnic area. The employee lost their balance and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to their lower left leg.
An employee was working at the opening of a silo. A metal panel, propped up next to the silo, slipped and fell to the ground, striking the employee's left foot and causing two fractures and a puncture wound.
An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.
An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.
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