FRUITLAND, IDAHO—
Woodgrain Millwork, Inc.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Woodgrain Millwork, Inc., 300 NW 16th St, FRUITLAND, IDAHO 83619 on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was investigating a saw blade that was not spinning. The employee was checking the tension chain when the motor activated and his left index finger was caught in the chain belt, resulting in a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation.
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EMMETT, IDAHO—
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An employee was clearing a broken board that was wedged between the hold down, the table, and the cutter head guard of a planer. A piece of the board caught the employee's glove and pulled their right hand between the cutter head guard and the hold down. The employee's index, middle, and ring fingers contacted the cutter head and sustained lacerations between the fingernail and the first knuckle. The middle and ring fingers were amputated at the first knuckle.
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