Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 101005.015 - Employee's fingertip is amputated when caught in chain

Accident Summary Nr: 101005.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 11/13/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1277066.015	11/20/2017		321212	Coastal Forest Products, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:50 a.m. on November 13, 2017, Employee #1 was using a hand control feed switch to cycle and feed a positioned stack of veneer into the feed position using the drive chains. As Employee #1's right hand was holding the switch, she reached forward with her left hand to clear a piece of scrap veneer. Her glove became caught in the chain, which pulled her left hand into the machine. Employee #1's left pinky finger was amputated, which she was hospitalized for her injury.

Keywords: Amputated, Caught In, Chain, Finger, Glove, Hand, Hand Control, Machine Guarding, PPE, Sprocket, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1277066.015	52	F	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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