Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at West Fraser Augusta Lumber Mill, 2474 Doug Barnard Parkway, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30906
on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
At about 7:20 p.m. on November 13, 2018, a maintenance worker was installing a plastic clevis pin in the fully extended ram of an air-pressurized pneumatic cylinder. The clevis/pin ram caused a fracture and laceration to his right index fingertip that later resulted in a medical amputation.