Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117861.015 - Employee amputates finger while unjamming running conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 117861.015 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 07/02/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1414291.015	07/03/2019		321999	The Ames Companies, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on July 2, 2019, an employee was in the sawyers cab of a sawmill sawing bolts into planks when he left the cab to remove a jammed plank from the conveyor. The employee did not shut off the conveyor before he tried to push the plank with his right hand. When the plank unjammed and moved forward the employee's finger slid into an opening and was pinched between two conveyor slats. The employee amputated his right middle finger at the first knuckle requiring medical treatment (the finger was reattached). The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bolt, Caught Between, Conveyor, Cutting, Energized, Finger, Jammed, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Plank, Saw, Sawmill, Sawyer

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1414291.015	61	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Sawing machine operators

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