Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2018-07-19 | Berkeley Springs | West Virgini | Resteel Supply Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On July 19, 2018, an employee was operating a rebar bender. While attempting to correct a previous bend, the rebar bent back around itself and pinched the employee's finger resulting in a laceration requiring three stitches and a partial amputation. | |||||
2016-06-09 | Berkeley Springs | West Virgini | Caperton Furnitureworks, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was handing a coworker pieces of wood after cutting them with a chop saw when the saw activated and partially amputated his right thumb. | |||||
2016-02-19 | Berkeley Springs | West Virgini | Caperton Furnitureworks LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On February 19, 2016, at approximately 8:15 a.m., an employee was cutting 6-foot lengths of fiberboard down to 43 inches using a miter saw. While holding the material with her left hand, she used her right hand to lower the blade of the saw. The blade made contact with and amputated her left thumb tip. |