SCIO, NEW YORK—
New Energy Works Timberframers
Struck by running powered equipment irregular movement, kick back · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was cutting 4-by-4 lumber to frame a basement ceiling system using a compound miter saw. A piece of the lumber bucked and the employee's thumb was pulled into the blade. Part of the thumb was amputated.
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