OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221383268

JACOB A. WEAVER COMPANY, INC.

GUYS MILLS, PA· 2021-08-05T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Engineering Controls, Finger, Frame, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Mill--Plant, Pinch Point, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Sawmill, Traumatic Amputation, Wood
NAICS: 321113
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345488019
Employer profile: JACOB A. WEAVER COMPANY, INC.
Summary number: 221383268
Report ID: 0336000

Event description

Employee amputates finger when caught between notcher teeth

Investigation abstract

At 11:30 a.m. on August 5, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a sawmill was starting up a notching machine. The employee caught a finger between the teeth on the notcher and the frame of the machine. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
733

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