Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201200714 - Employee Suffers Amputated Left Middle Finger

Accident Summary Nr: 201200714 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 08/04/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302727763	09/22/1999	2511	0	Whittier Wood Products Co

Abstract: Employee #1 was feeding wood into a "tenoner" (machine that makes the projecting part cut in the end of a piece of wood for insertion into a corresponding hole - mortise - in another piece to make a joint) when several small pieces of wood (stickers) became wedged into the saw area. Employee #1 reached behind the guard to remove the pieces of wood and contacted the rotating blades amputating her left middle finger. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, SAW, WOOD SHAPER, BLADE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302727763			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine feeders and offbearers

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