Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123661.015 - Employee Amputates Thumb In Chipper Feeder

Accident Summary Nr: 123661.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 01/21/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1460284.015	01/29/2020		321113	Anthony Timberlands, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:22 p.m. on January 21, 2020, an employee was checking the belt size on the chipper feeder when energy was restored to the machine and the employee's thumb came into contact with the moving belt. The employee suffered amputation of the tip of his left thumb and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: amputated, amputation, belt, brush chipper, caught by, chipper, contact, energized, fingertip, lockout, lockout/tagout, partial amputation, thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1460284.015	26	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Sawing machine operators

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