Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170236822 - Employee's fingers amputated in cutter head

Accident Summary Nr: 170236822 -- Report ID: 1055350 -- Event Date: 06/11/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111443735	06/11/1991	2499	0	Deller Wood Products #2

Abstract: At approximately 4:30 p.m. on June 11, 1991, Employee #1, a 24-year-old laborer in a wood cut shop, reached into spinning finger-jointer blades to free unwanted material. Two of her fingers were amputated and a third finger mangled. The power had just been turned off, but the cutter head had not yet stopped. The employee had worked at this assignment for two weeks. She reached past the qualified operator, who had shut down the machine to clean an exhaust vent.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, INEXPERIENCE, BLADE, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111443735			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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