Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-06-19 | Piketon | Ohio | Ohio Valley Veneer, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was attempting to move a wet log that was dislodged from a loading platform in a sawmill when the log slipped and crushed the employee's finger against equipment, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2017-05-11 | Piketon | Ohio | PH Glatfelter | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
While lubricating a loader, an employee lost balance and fell 3.5 feet to the ground, breaking the right leg. | |||||
2015-09-03 | Piketon | Ohio | No Name Lumber, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On or about September 3, 2015, an employee amputated or partially amputated three right-hand fingers when they got caught in a sprocket while replacing a chain on the sprocket drive. |