OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221360159

TIMBER CREEK RESOURCE, LLC

DYER, TN· 2021-05-19T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Catch Point, Clearing, Engineering Controls, Finger, Hand, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Packaging, Packaging Machine, Packaging Machinery, Saw, Sawblade, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Wood
NAICS: 488991
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345344519
Employer profile: TIMBER CREEK RESOURCE, LLC
Summary number: 221360159
Report ID: 0454715

Event description

Employee amputates two fingers when clearing wood from sawbl

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on May 19, 2021, an employee working for a company that performs packaging was clearing wood from a saw when he struck his left hand on the blade. The employee was hospitalized to treat amputations to his middle and index fingers.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

Event type
2

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