OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14202543
RSG FOREST PRODUCTS INC
MOLALLA, OR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS AMPUTATED IN PULLEY AND CABLE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 12:15 AM ON NOVEMBER 11, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO PR Y SOME PIECES OF WOOD FROM THE TAIL PULLEY OF THE SAWDUST CONVEYOR. THE SAWDUST CONVEYOR IS LOCATED ON THE UNDERSECTION OF THE LOG CARRIAGE OF THE BAND-QUAD SAW S. THE CARRIAGE CABLE WAS LOCATED ALMOST DIRECTLY OVERHEAD AT THIS LOCATION. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A PILE OF ACCUMULATED SAWDUST. THE PIECES OF WOOD HE W AS PULLING ON SUDDENLY RELEASED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL OVER BACKWARDS. AS HE WAS F ALLING HE EXTENDED HIS LEFT ARM, CAUSING HIS HAND TO BE CAUGHT BY THE MOVING CAR RIAGE CABLE. THE CABLE PULLED HIS HAND INTO THE IN-RUNNING NIP POINT WHERE THE C ABLE MEETS THE PULLEY. TWO FINGERS ON EMPLOYEE #1'S LEFT HAND WERE AMPUTATED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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