Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170840722 - Employee injured when hand was caught by moving part

Accident Summary Nr: 170840722 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 02/22/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125625061	03/01/2002	2421	0	Windsor Mill

Abstract: On February 22, 2002, Employee #1, a specialty wood mill cleaner and orderly, was separating boards to allow an end rake to return. Employee #1 was standing and reaching through a 10 by 10 opening in the expanded metal guard on the edge of a gluing material conveyor. Employee #1 reached back in after un-pausing the moving rake. Employee #1 sustained crushed and severed tendons and carpal tunnel. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: TENDON, CAUGHT BY, CRUSHED, CONVEYOR, HAND, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125625061			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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