OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221357114

SWAN CREEK CABINET COMPANY

BOONE, IA· 2021-05-04T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Clamp, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Screw, Supervision, Traumatic Amputation, Wood, Wood Board
NAICS: 337110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345302764
Employer profile: SWAN CREEK CABINET COMPANY
Summary number: 221357114
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when crushed between wood and m

Investigation abstract

At 2:45 p.m. on May 4, 2021, an employee working as a precision woodworker for a cabinet company was operating a Castle brand Model TSM-21 Pocket Screw Machine. The employee was drilling holes into 1-inch by 2-inch wood for a cabinet frame assembly. The employee had placed his right hand beyond the improperly guarded point of operation when the machine cycled. The employee crushed his middle finger between the pneumatic clamp and the wood piece. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a partially amputated fingertip involving only the flesh with no bone loss.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
659

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