Universal Forest Products Grandview, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — GRANDVIEW, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Universal Forest Products Grandview, LLC in GRANDVIEW, TEXAS
Employer Universal Forest Products Grandview, LLC Report ID 2021042781
Address 8712 E FM 4 City, State ZIP GRANDVIEW, TEXAS 76050
Event Date April 2, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Boring, routing, notching machines
Industry (NAICS) 321920 Inspection # 1526430
GPS Coordinates 32.27000, -97.19000

Incident Narrative

An employee was under a jammed notching machine, removing a board, when the machine amputated the tip of their left middle finger.

Incident Summary

On April 2, 2021, a worker at Universal Forest Products Grandview, LLC in GRANDVIEW, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with boring, routing, notching machines identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

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