Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110874.015 - Employee partially amputates finger and lacerates thumb and

Accident Summary Nr: 110874.015 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 10/29/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1357219.015	10/31/2018		321999	Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation

Abstract: At 12:10 a.m. on October 29, 2018, an employee was operating a Holzma Optimat HPP 8138 Panel Saw when the saw unit would not lower after he pressed the start button. The employee pressed the stop button and walked into the blade compartment at the back of the machine. The employee was removing a jammed piece of wood by hand and his right hand touched the rotating main blade, partially amputating his pinky, lacerating his thumb, and lacerated his palm, cutting his ligament and causing some nerve damage. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Finger, Hand, Jammed, Laceration, Nerve damage, Panelboard, Partial Amputation, Saw, Struck By, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1357219.015	35	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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