Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WV Great Barrel Company LLC, 546 Mountain Home Drive, CALDWELL, WEST VIRGINIA 24925
on , Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was cleaning sawdust from a machine when a wood chip lodged in the vacuum dust collection system and caused it to stop. When the wood chip broke loose, the dust collection system restarted, causing a piece of wood to contact the employee's left hand. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left thumb and a laceration.