Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201200920 - Employee's hand crushed in wood banding machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201200920 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 05/12/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303175509	06/06/2000	2421	0	Seneca Sawmill Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was banding a unit of lumber, which, as it moved on the case, was supposed to activate a limit switch. He was having trouble with the switch and did not realize that it was broken. Employee #1 was reaching between the metal frame and the cross member that raises the unit of lumber when the roll case raised up, crushing his hand.

Keywords: CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, MECH MAT HANDLING, HAND, LIMIT SWITCH, MECH MALFUNCTION, BLIND REACHING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303175509			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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