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Accident Summary Nr: 135915.015 - Employee amputates finger when pinched between push plate an

Accident Summary Nr: 135915.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 04/12/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1528033.015	04/16/2021		423310	Hutchison Lumber And Building Products

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. on April 12, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a building products supplier was operating a Baker Model BSM-O Stake Master (SN: 19-032). The employee inadvertently placed his left hand between the push plate and the 1-inch by 3-inch wood planks he was feeding into the machine. The employee pinched his ring finger between the wood and the push plate, which is actuated at 90 pounds per square inch (psi). The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated finger from the tip down to the first knuckle.

Keywords: Actuated, Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Feeding, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, High Pressure, Instantaneous amputation, Knuckle, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lumber, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Plank, Steel Plate, Traumatic Amputation, Wood, Wood Board

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1528033.015	62	M	Hospitalized injury		Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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