Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121294.015 - Employee partially amputates arm when reaching into gang saw

Accident Summary Nr: 121294.015 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 10/29/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1442044.015	11/01/2019		321113	Sawco Hardwoods Inc.

Abstract: At 6:45 a.m. on October 29,2019, an employee was attempting to remove a board that had jammed at the entrance of a BREWCO Gang Saw. The employee attempted to remove the board by jogging the feed controls forward and reverse. When that process did not free the board, the employee raised the arbor, bypassing the machine guard, and reached inside the saw grab the board. The employee performed this process two more times and on the third attempt to remove the board the planer head struck his right arm. The employee amputated his arm below the elbow and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Board, Bypass Guard, Circular Saw, Cutting, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Planer, Point Of Operation, Reaching, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Wood

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1442044.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury		Production coordinators

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