Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134830.015 - Employee amputates hand, forearm in notching machine blades

Accident Summary Nr: 134830.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 02/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1525461.015	04/14/2021		321920	Wood-N-Wood Products

Abstract: At 4:15 p.m. on February 15, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a wood pallet manufacturer was removing and stacking wood from the back end of a notching machine. The employee saw that broken pieces of wood were binding the notching machine. The employee went under the machine to free the wood pieces while the machine was still energized. The employee caught his hand inside the blades. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated hand and partially amputated forearm.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Blade, Caught In, Energized, Forearm, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Laborer, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Pallet, Partial Amputation, Removing, Traumatic Amputation, Wood

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1525461.015	23	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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