Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 791632 - Employee's fingers caught in moving parts of chip braker

Accident Summary Nr: 791632 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 08/17/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124761495	08/17/1995	2431	0	Parsons Pine Products Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, of Parsons Pine Products, Inc., was reaching into a clean-out box that housed a chip braker. The usual work practice was to use a stick to help unplug the cyclone unit above. A coworker shut the air lock system off (plant air) and then turned on the chip braker. For some reason, Employee #1 placed his fingers into the chip braker unit (steel fins) at almost the same time the coworker turned on the unit. Employee #1 pulled his hand out of the unit, and the coworker saw what had happened and enacted the emergency medical plan. Emergency help arrived, assessed his injuries, and then transported Employee #1 to the local hospital. He was hospitalized with broken fingers.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FINGER, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, CHIPPER, CLOGGED, COMMUNICATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124761495			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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