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Precision Lumber, Inc

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — WENTWORTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Precision Lumber, Inc in WENTWORTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Employer Precision Lumber, Inc Report ID 20161110911
Address 576 Buffalo Rd City, State ZIP WENTWORTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03282
Event Date November 21, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 321113 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.89000, -71.89000

Incident Narrative

An employee's thumb was caught and partially amputated in a closing bagger machine door.

Incident Summary

On November 21, 2016, a worker at Precision Lumber, Inc in WENTWORTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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