Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1489389.015 - Millwood Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Cleveland Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1489389.015

Report ID: 0522300

Date Opened: 08/21/2020

Site Address:
Millwood Inc.
8208 Kohler Road
Apple Creek, OH 44606

Mailing Address:
8208 Kohler Road, Apple Creek, OH 44606

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 321920/Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/21/2020

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 09/30/2020

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1641942	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 129614.015

Event: 08/10/2020

Employee amputates fingertip on unguarded table saw blade

At 11:30 a.m. on August 10, 2020, an employee was operating a table saw with blade guard in the up position while cutting plywood when he contacted the rotating blade. The employee amputated his fingertip, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Contact, Cutting, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Plywood, Rotating Parts, Saw, Sheared, Struck Against, Struck By, Table Saw, Unguarded

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1489389.015	49	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators

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