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Accident Summary Nr: 139471.015 - Employee cleaning underneath conveyor system amputates two f

Accident Summary Nr: 139471.015 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 05/12/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1532185.015	05/21/2021		321999	Carl Balliet Logging And Lumber, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on May 12, 2021, an employee working for a lumber and logging company was cleaning underneath a conveyor system. The employee went to grab a piece of wood with his left hand at which time he contacted with the edge grinder belts. The employee amputated his ring and middle fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Catch Point, Caught Between, Cleaning, Contact, Conveyor, Finger, Grinder, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lumber, Lumberyard, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1532185.015	21	M	Hospitalized injury

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