Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201610235 - EMPLOYEE'S HAND AMPUTATED IN PLANER MACHINE

Accident Summary Nr: 201610235 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 02/17/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301219051	02/17/1998	2491	0	Taylor Lumber & Treating Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:55 p.m. on February 17, 1998, Employee #1 entered the planer room where the planer operator was blowing chips and sawdust off the planer. Employee #1 assumed the machine was shut off and locked out, and that all the noise in the room was coming from the vacuum system. Employee #1 was responsible for cleaning up and saw some small pieces of wood laying on the planer next to the lower cutting head. He reached into the machine to remove the pieces of wood and the lower cutting head amputated his right hand below the wrist. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injury.

Keywords: SAWDUST, AMPUTATED, PLANING MACHINE, LOCKOUT, NOISE, HAND, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301219051			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators

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