ASHLAND, ALABAMA—
Wellborn Cabinet, Inc.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Wellborn Cabinet, Inc., 38669 Highway 77, ASHLAND, ALABAMA 36251 on — Fractures , affecting the Arm(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was under a conveyor working to repair a drive belt. His arm was pulled into the conveyor and broken. He was hospitalized.
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An employee was planing a 12"x37"x3/4" piece of maple when the tip of her glove was caught by carbon rollers on the planer, pulling her left middle finger into the planer. The employee suffered a partial finger amputation between the middle and proximal joints.
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Wellborn Cabinet, Inc.
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ASHLAND, ALABAMA—
Wellborn Cabinet Inc
An employee was attempting to blow dust from a machine. The air hose got stuck in the machine and as the employee went to retrieve the hose from the machine the saw blade partially amputated their right middle finger. The entire finger was medically amputated.
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