Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171045511 - Employee injured when board ejected from planer

Accident Summary Nr: 171045511 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 06/10/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126704634	06/20/1996	2429	0	Hardwood Components Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:50 p.m. on June 10, 1996, Employee #1, of Hardwood Components, Inc., was feeding a 1 in. by 8 in. by 8 ft oak board through a Greenlee #120 planer. A coworker on the outfeed side was pulling the board out of the planer when it caught the blade heads and the board was shot back through the planer. The board struck Employee #1, fracturing his hip.

Keywords: KICK BACK, FRACTURE, PLANING MACHINE, ROTATING KNIFE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, HIP, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126704634			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators

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