Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Universal Forest Products, Inc., 154 Sunbelt Drive, ASHBURN, GEORGIA 31714
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was working to unjam a board in a ripsaw. The metal rod the employee was using slipped and caught his left index finger against the saw guard, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Stationary sawing machinery stationary n.e.c.
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