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Inspection Information - Office: Ca Redding | ||||
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| Nr: 120171798 | Report ID: 0950623 | Open Date: 08/19/1996 | ||
| Eel River Sawmills Inc | ||||
| 26011 Avenue Of The Giants Redcrest, CA 95569 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 2421/Sawmills and Planing Mills, General | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 09/16/1996 | |
| Close Case: | 07/14/1997 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 361673023 | |||
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $700 | $0 | $700 |
| Current Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $700 | $0 | $700 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Violation Items | |||||||||||
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| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
| 1. | 01001 | Other | 3314 A | 09/27/1996 | 10/08/1996 | $700 | $700 | $0 | - | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 170363204 | Event: 08/13/1996 | Employee Injured When Hand Strikes Against Jump Saw Blade | ||||
| Employee #1 was the operator of a computer-controlled jump saw at Mill D, a finger joining operation. After addressing a problem elsewhere, she returned to find that her saw, serial #89257, had shut down. She assumed that the sawdust exhaust system had become plugged and she hit the emergency STOP button to shut down the system. Employee #1 then took off a cover and reached in to check the exhaust suction. She was momentarily distracted and her right hand contacted the 16 in. diameter saw blade, which was still spinning. She suffered a near amputation of her thumb, lacerations, and severe nerve damage. Employee #1 stated that she normally locked out the machine to clear jams in the sawdust system, and that the saw would stop in the time it took to complete the lockout. | ||||||
| Keywords: rotating knife, work rules, struck against, thumb, emergency stop, saw, clogged, laceration, inattention | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 120171798 | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Sawing machine operators | ||