Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138326.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught between notcher teeth

Accident Summary Nr: 138326.015 -- Report ID: 0336000 -- Event Date: 08/05/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1548801.015	08/19/2021		321113	Jacob A. Weaver Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on August 5, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a sawmill was starting up a notching machine. The employee caught a finger between the teeth on the notcher and the frame of the machine. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Engineering Controls, Finger, Frame, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Mill--Plant, Pinch Point, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Sawmill, Traumatic Amputation, Wood

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1548801.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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