Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140495.015 - Employee amputates thumb tip in pallet notching machine

Accident Summary Nr: 140495.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 08/17/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1560041.015	10/26/2021		321920	Quality Pallet Inc. Dba Peregrine Wood Products

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on August 17, 2021, an employee working for a pallet manufacturer was was notching pieces of lumber with a MMT Model 150A Pallet Notcher Machine. The employee caught his right hand in the machine blades while attempting to remove a broken board. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated thumb tip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pallet, Partial Amputation, Point Of Operation, Production Line, Puncture, Removing, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Wood, Wood Board

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1560041.015	35	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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