Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144384.015 - Employee suffers complex hand avulsion when pinned against m

Accident Summary Nr: 144384.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/19/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1568462.015	12/14/2021		561320	Pride Staff

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on October 19, 2021, an employee was working at a pallet manufacturing facility where final fasteners were being inserted into the finished product. The employee reached into the running machine to straighten the product to avoid a potential jam. The employee's hand was pinned against a fixed non-point of operation guide and the product. The employee failed to follow written instruction and training that was provided as related to lockout/tagout. The employee sustained a complex hand avulsion to his right hand, resulting in hospitalization.

Keywords: Avulsion, Caught Between, Guard, Hand, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Pallet, Pinned

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1568462.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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