Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Professional Building Systems, Inc., 72 East Market Street, MIDDLEBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17842
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a circular saw to cut rafters when their hand contacted the blade, resulting in amputations to their left ring and index fingertips.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Saws except chainsaws
More severe injuries at Professional Building Systems, Inc.
On April 28, 2017 at 8:45 a.m., an employee was removing a piece of lumber from a stack of wood when he tripped over the plastic banding surrounding the lumber and fell on the concrete floor. The employee sustained a fracture to his left hip and was hospitalized.
On Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at approximately 7:15 AM, an employee was wrapping the walls of a modular home for shipping. The wall fell and injured the employee when he tried to grab it to stop it from falling. He was hospitalized overnight for treatment of back injuries.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 321992)
An employee was working on flooring tile, which required several continuous hours of kneeling. The next morning, he noticed fluid and swelling on the right knee. When he knelt to perform work tasks, he felt an immediate sharp, burning pain. The employee was hospitalized with an infection.
The injured employee was inside a scissor lift. The scissor lift operator turned the lift to the left and crushed the injured employee's right hand between the wall and the lift. The injured employee sustained a right hand fracture.
An employee was operating a forklift to move material. They slipped on the step while descending from the forklift and fell to the ground, fracturing their tibia. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was using a miter saw to cut lap siding when the board kicked out and pushed their hand into the blade, resulting in amputation of the left index finger.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.