OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224919
RAMSEY & SON LUMBER CORP.
AMHERST, VA·
Event description
AMPUTATION OF FINGER IN A PINCH POINT
Investigation abstract
At about 8:00 a.m. on January, 6 1989, Employee #1 was operating a trim saw stra is first phalange. He was not hospitalized. ightening 1-in. by 6-in. boards, 10 to12 ft long. Boards are fed by horizontal l evel top chains that run in the direction of the end saw. The conveyor chain tur ns around a sprocket 28 inches above the floor nearest the operator station. The chain & sprocket pinch point was guarded on the operator's side but the inside pinch point, (chain approx 3 inches wide), was not guarded. Employee #1 was stan ding at his control station, a pedestal stand 37 inches above the floor and 24 i nches away from the sprocket, reached over the chain to straightened a board and stuck his right middle finger into the pinch point resulting in amputation of h
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 Male
- Nature of injury
- Amputation (1)
- Part of body
- FINGER(S) (10)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQ. (27)
- Occupation
- Sawing machine operators (727)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- PINCH POINT ACTION (1)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.