Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135857.015 - Employee amputates finger when brushing against molder machi

Accident Summary Nr: 135857.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 05/19/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1533143.015	05/26/2021		321918	Blackwater Timber Company, Llc

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on May 19, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a mill was receiving boards from the outfeed side of a molder machine. The employee said that he walked toward the infeed side of the machine and brushed his left hand against the machine. When he arrived at the infeed side of the machine, a coworker standing on the infeed side told him that his finger was bleeding. The employee had amputated the left index finger at the first two joints from contact with the rotating knives. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Contact, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Knife, Knuckle, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Mill--Plant, Molding Machine, Partial Amputation, Rotating Knife, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Walking Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1533143.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury

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