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TIMBERWEST MANUFACTURING, LLC

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part — Amputations — RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at TIMBERWEST MANUFACTURING, LLC in RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
Employer TIMBERWEST MANUFACTURING, LLC Report ID 2022065696
Address 5400 FOLSOM ROAD City, State ZIP RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA 57709
Event Date June 29, 2022 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part Source of Injury Wood, lumber, unspecified
Secondary Source Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 321113 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 44.07000, -103.31000

Incident Narrative

An employee was preparing fence posts for shipment on a pallet. The employee's hand was struck by a post as it dropped out of the feeder. The post weighed approximately 65 pounds and caused tissue damage that required medical amputation to the distal phalange of the left middle finger.

Incident Summary

On June 29, 2022, a worker at TIMBERWEST MANUFACTURING, LLC in RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part, with wood, lumber, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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