Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 827105 - Employee's fingertips amputated in planer blades

Accident Summary Nr: 827105 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 06/24/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104218292	06/24/1988	2452	0	All American Homes Of Iowa, Llc

Abstract: Employee #1, in training as a new employee, was operating a jointer/planer. He was using push sticks to run a piece of 1 by 2 inch lumber through the planer. The planer hit a knot in the wood, causing the lumber to kick back out. His fingers slipped on the push stick and entered the knife area of the planer; two fingertips were amputated. The machine was equipped with a spring loaded, automatic adjusting guard from the factory, which was in place and working properly at the time of the accident.

Keywords: KICK BACK, AMPUTATED, PLANING MACHINE, FINGER, SLIP, INEXPERIENCE, LUMBER, BLADE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104218292			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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