OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14568695
SILVER TREE CEDAR PRODUCTS INC
GATES, OR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND AMPUTATED BY SAW BLADE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 OPERATED A MULTIPLE RIP SHIM SAW. SAWDUST FROM THE SAW WAS COLLECTED IN A CARDBOARD BOX LOCATED TO ONE SIDE. TOWARD THE END OF THE WORK SHIFT EMPLOY EE #1 WENT TO THE SIDE OF THE SAW TO MANUALLY EMPTY THE SAWDUST BOX, AS WAS THE USUAL PRACTICE. AS EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LEVELLING OFF THE SAWDUST IN THE BOX (WHICH W AS VERY FULL) HIS RIGHT ARM CONTACTED THE NIP POINT ON A V-BELT DRIVE, LOCATED A T THE SIDE OF THE SAW. THE V-BELT GUARD HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REMOVED. WHEN THE EM PLOYEE'S HAND CONTACTED THE V-BELT DRIVE, HIS HAND WAS PULLED INTO THE RUNNING S AW. HIS HAND WAS AMPUTATED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 727
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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