Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201700333 - FINGERS AMPUTATED-MAINTENANCE ON GLUE SPREADING MACHINE

Accident Summary Nr: 201700333 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 01/27/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124702986	01/29/1998	2431	0	Jeld Wen Inc

Abstract: At approximately 4:14 p.m. on January 27, 1998, Employee #1, of Jeld Wen, Inc. (Klamath Door Division), was injured while performing maintenance on a glue spreading machine. He was attempting to re-align an out-feed roll while the glue spreader and the roll were running. At that point, the roll drive chain bound up, displaced the roll and pinched the employee's fingers between the roll and a metal drip pan. His two fingers on his right hand at the first knuckle were amputated. He was hospitalized at Merle West Medical Center in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, MACHINIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124702986			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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