Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 790659 - Employee's hand crushed when caught in hoist cycle

Accident Summary Nr: 790659 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 05/09/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124760380	05/10/1996	2436	0	Willamette Industries Inc

Abstract: On May 9, 1996, Employee #1, a millwright working the day shift, was installing a guide for a hoist on the line #1 rough material stacker while the hoist was live and cycling. There was no type of guard to protect the shear point where the hoist comes to rest at the end of the cycling process, and the employee's hand was resting at this stopping point when the hoist unloaded. His hand was caught for the full seven-second cycle and crushed. Employee #1 was taken by ambulance to St. Charles Hospital in Bend, OR, and then flown to Emanuel Hospital in Portland.

Keywords: INSTALLING, WORK RULES, HOIST, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, MILLWRIGHT, HAND, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124760380			Hospitalized injury	Other	Millwrights

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