Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 98753.015 - Employee's hand is lacerated when caught in a wood planer

Accident Summary Nr: 98753.015 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 07/12/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1252479.015	07/13/2017		321113	Paul M. Jones Lumber Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on July 12, 2017, Employee #1 was utilizing a wood planer machine to smooth a board that measured 1 inch by 4 inch by 14 feet. A section of the board was splintered and dangling at the end of the planer and would not feed through. Employee #1 grabbed the dangling piece of wood and feed it manually through the planer. The employee's right hand got caught in the machine's roller, sustaining a laceration across the palm, which resulted in the skin being removed from the dorsal side of the hand and the loss of two fingernails.

Keywords: Caught In, Hand, Laceration, Planing Machine, Roller--Mach/Part

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1252479.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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