Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122154.015 - Employee amputates two fingers while adjusting Morgan Resaw

Accident Summary Nr: 122154.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 11/19/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1448467.015	11/27/2019		423310	Ufp Union City Llc

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on November 19, 2019, an employee working for a lumber supplier was making height adjustments to a Morgan Resaw. While making an adjustment the employee inadvertently placed his left hand on the moving conveyor. The employee's hand was pulled into the moving sawblade. The employee amputated to his ring and pinky fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Conveyor, Finger, Instantaneous amputation, Lumber, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pulled In, Saw, Sawblade, Struck Against, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1448467.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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