Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 113635.015 - Employee injures forearm when struck by fragment of wood sha

Accident Summary Nr: 113635.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 08/22/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1378716.015	02/14/2019		922140	Federal Correctional Complex

Abstract: At 9:50 a.m. on August 22, 2018, an employee was working at a federal prison. He was being trained on a wood shaper. After he had initialized the wood shaper, a piece of the blade that was attached to the blade assembly flew off and into employee his right forearm. He suffered a puncture wound to his right forearm from the metal fragment. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Blade, Flying Object, Forearm, Machine operator, Mech Malfunction, Puncture, Struck By, Training, Wood Shaper

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1378716.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury

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