Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202487625 - Sawmill Employee Amutates Arm Cleaning Under Planer Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 202487625 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 12/17/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125831016	01/07/2009	2421	321113	Sierra Pacific Industries, Inc.

Abstract: On December 17, 2008, Employee #1, who worked at a sawmill as a clean-up person, fractured and amputated his right lower arm when his sweat shirt got caught in a chain puller on a planer machine. Employee #1 did not stop or lock out the planer when he entered the area below the planer. Employee #1 went under the planer to clean debris when his sweat shirt got caught by a moving chain on the main drive shaft to the planer. As the sweat shirt started to wrap around the rotating shaft, Employee #1 was able to get his left arm free of the sweat shirt, but his right lower arm was fractured and amputated by the turning shaft.

Keywords: CHAIN, ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, PLANING MACHINE, ROTATING SHAFT, CAUGHT BY, SHAFT, SAWMILL, ARM, DRIVE SHAFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125831016			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Laborers, except construction

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