Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138884.015 - Employee amputates lower leg, slips into conveyor drive whee

Accident Summary Nr: 138884.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 08/27/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1551619.015	09/07/2021		321113	Faircloth Forest Products Inc

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on August 27, 2021, an employee working for a sawmill was attempting to see if there was a log on the conveyor system. The employee was climbing down from the side of the conveyor when his left foot slipped and got caught in the driving wheel of the conveyor. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation below the knee.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Caught In, Climbing, Conveyor, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Knee, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Leg, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Log, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Sawmill, Slip, Slippery Surface, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1551619.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury

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