Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115557.015 - Sawmill worker's left arm is amputated

Accident Summary Nr: 115557.015 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 04/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1394677.015	04/19/2019		321113	Eby Sawmill, Llc

Abstract: At 6:45 a.m. on April 17, 2019, an employee was working at a sawmill. He noticed that the conveyor under the trimmer saw was not functioning. He went to the rear of the trimmer and opened the cover to one of the blade areas. The employee leaned in toward the machine to check for a jam. His clothing became caught on an unguarded sprocket on the rear of the trimmer saw. His left arm was pulled into the nip point. He suffered an injury to his left arm that resulted in an amputation. He was hospitalized. There were two inspections associated with this investigation, 1394677 and 1394706.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Clothing, Conveyor, Guardrail, Handrail, Jammed, Lockout, Machine Guarding, Nip Point, Saw, Sawmill, Sprocket, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1394677.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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