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Accident Summary Nr: 101580.015 - Employee is stabbed by ejected splinter and suffers multiple

Accident Summary Nr: 101580.015 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 10/06/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1269671.015	10/12/2017		333210	Arbortech Forest Products, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on October 6, 2018, an employee was operating a Les Produits Gilbert, Inc. Planer, Model RA-17-005-27, and was adjusting the feed on 8-foot lengths of 2 by 4 boards. The employee left the admission guard in the down position and was watching the watching the wood move through the planer. A piece of wood splintered off and was ejected through the guard area and struck the employee in his right side. The employee suffered a perforated bowel, hernia, injury to his colon and a laceration to his right side. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Ejected, Laceration, Planing Machine, Splinter, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1269671.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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