Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139882.015 - Employee cutting wood amputates finger when struck by sawbla

Accident Summary Nr: 139882.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 09/14/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1556403.015	10/06/2021		321920	Ground Zero Wood Products

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on September 14, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a wood container and pallet manufacturer was pulling cants off table after they were cut by jump saw. The employee reached into the saw and struck the sawblade with his left hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated pinky finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Cutting, Engineering Controls, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Production Line, Reaching In, Rotating Parts, Saw, Sawblade, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Wood

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1556403.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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