Compressed between running equipment and other object(s) · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rex Lumber Graceville, LLC, 5299 Alabama Street, GRACEVILLE, FLORIDA 32440
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
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Final narrative
The injured employee was repairing a broken pin on the planer outfeed roll cylinder. A hoist was being used, and the employee was aligning a piece of the equipment when the cylinder moved and the employee's index finger was pinched between the clevis hole and the cylinder hole, causing a fingertip amputation.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Hoists, lifts overhead, cable
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