Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170202766 - Four of Employee's fingers amputated in wood planer

Accident Summary Nr: 170202766 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 01/02/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111936878	01/18/1991	9223	0	Ca Corrections-Corcoran

Abstract: Employee #1, of the California Prison Industry Authority and an inmate at the state prison at Corcoran, was cleaning up wood chips from a Northfield planer, size #8, serial #890221-B, PIA #01679. The planer was shut off and the table had been lowered 4 to 5 inches when Employee #1 began to brush wood chips so they could be vacuumed by the blower. His right hand contacted the rotating blades of the planer, amputating four of his fingers.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, PLANING MACHINE, FINGER, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111936878			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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