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The Appalachian Hardwood Lumber Co.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at The Appalachian Hardwood Lumber Co. in BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO
Employer The Appalachian Hardwood Lumber Co. Report ID 2020010731
Address 5433 Perkins Road City, State ZIP BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO 44146
Event Date January 23, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Hand(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 321912 Inspection # 1459147
GPS Coordinates 41.41000, -81.49000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning a saw when his hand was caught in the moving blade, resulting in a hand amputation.

Incident Summary

On January 23, 2020, a worker at The Appalachian Hardwood Lumber Co. in BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO suffered amputations to the hand(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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