OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14459929

FRACTURE,FINGER,WORK RULES,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,CONVEYOR,SAWMILL,MACHINE--MISC

1986-08-01T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,FINGER,WORK RULES,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,CONVEYOR,SAWMILL,MACHINE--MISC
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14459929
Report ID: 352410

Event description

Employee's finger crushed in metal roller

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working in a sawmill, grading and inspecting sawed lumber. He wa s pulling a piece of 2 by 4 lumber from the end of one conveyor onto another so that the piece could be resawed. There were two large diameter metal rollers at the end of the conveyor that were activated by an electronic eye. As Employee #1 was reaching with his left hand to pull the 2 by 4, his hand or arm passed over the electronic eye. The conveyor rollers closed, trapping his left little finge r against the 2 by 4. Employee #1 was able to reach the control panel and turn a switch to open the rollers and free his hand. His finger was crushed and a piec e of bone was chipped off.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
779

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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