Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201635703 - Employee Reaches Into Roller Pinch Point and Severs Fingers

Accident Summary Nr: 201635703 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 01/27/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309823037	01/31/2006	2411	113310	Weyerhaeuser Company

Abstract: On January 27, 2006, Employee #1 was retrieving a tamping device he had dropped onto the feed plate of a machine. He reached down, under a machine guard and in close proximity to a steel knurled roller, to access the device. The roller pulled the employee's hand into the point of operation, severing two of his fingers. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GUARD, MACHINE OPERATOR, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, POINT OF OPERATION, LOGGING, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309823037			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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