Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1244718.015 - Bluescope Buildings North America Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Tennessee Osha Jackson Office - Safety

Inspection Nr: 1244718.015

Report ID: 0454715

Date Opened: 07/05/2017

Site Address:
Bluescope Buildings North America Inc
2404 Dr. F. E. Wright Drive
Jackson, TN 38305

Mailing Address:
2404 Dr. F. E. Wright Drive, Jackson, TN 38305

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 332311/Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/05/2017

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 07/19/2017

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1235543	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 96858.015

Event: 06/29/2017

Employee's thumb is partially amputated by vertical sanding

At approximately 8:00 a.m. on June 29, 2017, an employee had used a band saw to cut some shim stock into blanks that would be used as shims. The employee was deburring the edges of the shims when one of the shims caught on the vertical sanding belt and pulled his left thumb into the belt. The vertical sanding belt partially amputated the end of left thumb. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Belt, Caught In, Sanding Machine, Thumb

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1244718.015	41	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Management related occupations, n.e.c.

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