Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121800.015 - Employee amputates three fingers when reaching into edge ban

Accident Summary Nr: 121800.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 11/06/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1445569.015	11/18/2019		321918	Quest Design & Fabrication, Llc

Abstract: At 7:00 a.m. on November 6, 2019, an employee working as a machine operator for millwork facility was operating an edge banding machine. The employee opened the rear door and removed the exhaust hood covering the rotating pre-mill router heads to clean out the build-up of glue, wood dust and cuttings debris. When she reached into the machine, she contacted the 12,000 rotations per minute (rpm) blades. The employee amputated her left middle and ring fingers at the second knuckle and his left index finger at the first knuckle, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Bypass Guard, Catch Point, Caught In, Energized, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Knuckle, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Mill--Plant, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Reaching, Rotating Parts, Safety Device, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1445569.015	52	F	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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