Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142667.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught in edger conveyor pull

Accident Summary Nr: 142667.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 12/30/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1572098.015	01/12/2022		423310	Comins Lumber Sales Inc

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on December 30, 2021, an employee was unjamming a slab of wood from and edger infeed conveyor. The employee removed a safety guard with conveyor still running and reached into the conveyor with his gloved hand. The employee caught his glove on the belt pulley which pulled his left hand into the conveyor head pulley. The employee amputated his ring finger and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bypass, Bypass Guard, Caught In, Conveyor, Edger, Finger, Glove, Hand, Jammed, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pulled In, Pulley, Safety Device, Wood Board

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1572098.015	28	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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