Accident Report Detail
Accident: 760496 - Employee Pierced By A Wood Splinter From A Gang Edger
Accident: 760496 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 01/15/1988 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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15296940 | 01/19/1988 | 2421 | Smith'S Sawmill | ||||
At approximately 8:40 a.m. on January 15, 1988, Employee #1, of Smith's Sawmill, in Mt. Airy, NC, was struck in the abdomen by a piece of wood that had splintered off from lumber being run through a gang edger. This piece of wood apparently kicked back from inside the edger. The splintered wood entered Employee #1 in front of his abdomen just below the rib cage and exited out his back just to the right of his spine. Approximately 8 inches of the 2 inch by 2 inch by 2 foot long piece of wood protruded out his back. Employee #1 was taken to Northern Hospital of Surry County and then transferred to Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. Emergency surgery was required to remove the splinter. | |||||||
Keywords:
kick back, splinter, abdomen, impaled, edger
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 15296940 | Hospitalized injury | Puncture | Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators |