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Townsend Flooring LLC

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment — Amputations — WARREN, ARKANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Townsend Flooring LLC in WARREN, ARKANSAS
Employer Townsend Flooring LLC Report ID 2020010744
Address 501 Pennington Road City, State ZIP WARREN, ARKANSAS 71671
Event Date January 23, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment Source of Injury Planing mills
Industry (NAICS) 321918 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 33.61000, -92.05000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using a planer when the employee's left hand contacted the blade, resulting in amputation of the left pinky and ring fingers.

Incident Summary

On January 23, 2020, a worker at Townsend Flooring LLC in WARREN, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck against moving part of machinery or equipment, with planing mills identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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