Struck by running powered equipment unspecified · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rex Lumber, Brookhaven, LLC., 810 W. L. Behan Rd, BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI 39601
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working to re-insert a 20-foot board on the outfeed deck when a finger on their left hand was crushed between the board and the deck. The employee sustained a severe laceration to the finger.
Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
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