Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123102.015 - Employee lacerates head and eye when stuck in unscrambler

Accident Summary Nr: 123102.015 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 11/09/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1455295.015	01/07/2020		321113	Bennett Lumber Products, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 a.m. on November 9, 2019, an employee working for a sawmill was clearing a jam in a unscrambler machine. The employee had been flipping boards and misjudged the hazard. He placed his head too close to the point of operation. The employee got stuck in the machine and sustained cuts, lacerations and abrasions to his and a laceration to one of his eyes. The employee was taken to the hospital, where he received stitches and was hospitalized for observation for 24 hours.

Keywords: Abrasion, Caught Between, Contusion, Energized, Jammed, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Mill--Plant, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, Point Of Operation, Sawmill, Struck By, Stuck, Wood Board

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1455295.015	20	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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