OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224919
AMPUTATED,SAWYER,GUARD,CAUGHT BY,SAW,CAUGHT BETWEEN,SAWMILL
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 727
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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