Maxwell Hardwood Flooring Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — MONTICELLO, ARKANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Maxwell Hardwood Flooring Inc. in MONTICELLO, ARKANSAS
Employer Maxwell Hardwood Flooring Inc. Report ID 2020065681
Address 190 Wilson Mill Road City, State ZIP MONTICELLO, ARKANSAS 71655
Event Date June 18, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Stacking machinery
Industry (NAICS) 321918 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 33.57000, -91.79000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a stacker machine when one of the boards became jammed. He hit the board with his hand, causing the jam to clear. The cleared board then struck his hand, smashing his right pinky finger against a metal frame just below the fingernail and resulting in a partial finger amputation.

Incident Summary

On June 18, 2020, a worker at Maxwell Hardwood Flooring Inc. in MONTICELLO, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with stacking machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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