Mitchell's Nursing Home, Inc
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment — Amputations — DANVILLE, ARKANSAS
| Employer | Mitchell's Nursing Home, Inc | Report ID | 2019054708 |
| Address | 501 W 10th St. | City, State ZIP | DANVILLE, ARKANSAS 72833 |
| Event Date | May 8, 2019 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Fingernail(s), nailbed(s) |
| Event Type | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Source of Injury | Boring, routing, notching machines |
| Industry (NAICS) | 623110 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 35.05000, -93.39000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was operating a router machine mounted to the table. As he was pushing the wood, the router kicked back and his left ring finger contacted the blade resulting in amputation of the employee's left ring finger at the nail bed.
Incident Summary
On May 8, 2019, a worker at Mitchell's Nursing Home, Inc in DANVILLE, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the fingernail(s), nailbed(s). The incident was classified as struck against moving part of machinery or equipment, with boring, routing, notching machines identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
OSHA has recorded 2,235 severe injury reports involving "Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment" incidents in our database. Browse all Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment injuries.
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