Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144583.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while unclogging notcher machin

Accident Summary Nr: 144583.015 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 09/18/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1583719.015	09/23/2021	2421	321920	317729300 - Salem Pallet Company Inc

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on September 18, 2021, an employee working for a pallet manufacturer was operating a notcher machine. The machine became clogged with sawdust. The employee tried to use a bendable pole called an all-thread to dislodge the plug. He had turned the machine off, but the belt had not come to a complete stop. As he fed the tool into the machine, the belt caught the employee's fingertip. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputation to his fingertip. It is not clear if the amputation included bone loss.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Caught By, Clogged, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Hand Tool, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Pallet, Partial Amputation, Production Line, Pulled In, Sawdust, Traumatic Amputation, Wood

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1583719.015	58	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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