Struck by discharged object or substance · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Buchanan Lumber Birmingham, Inc., 501 Baptist Line Road, ALICEVILLE, ALABAMA 35442
on , Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the buttock(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was pulling boards from a re-saw chain and feeding them through a ripsaw when a wood shard ejected from the ripsaw. The wood shard struck the employee and became embedded in the right buttocks, requiring hospitalization and surgery.