OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14440879
B & G CEDAR
CALDER, ID·
Event description
Employee's hand amputated by hydraulic rail splitter
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a new employee at the company, had been working for approximately t wo hours as the operator of a hydraulic-powered post/rail splitter. The machine is controlled with leg pressure. Employee #1 was trying to position a cedar post on the machine for splitting. His hand was on the end of the cedar post when he inadvertently started the machine. The splitter blade moved forward and caught his left hand against the end of the post. Employee #1's hand was amputated.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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