Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131554.015 - Employee amputates finger while clearing jam in energized sa

Accident Summary Nr: 131554.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 12/01/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1505499.015	12/08/2020		321113	Biewer Sawmill - Newton, Llc

Abstract: At 7:00 p.m. on December 1, 2020, an employee was working as a utility worker for a sawmill. A coworker operating the TBL sawmill had called the employee to clear a jam on the machine. The TBL sawmill cuts slabs from logs. The employee opened the door to the saw blades to unjam a slab with the machine energized when his hand was struck by the rotating head saw. The employee amputated a finger to the first knuckle and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Clearing, Energized, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Log, Machine operator, Maintenance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Repair, Saw, Sawmill, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Utility

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1505499.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury

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