OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221385321

JELD-WEN, INC.

LUDLOW, VT· 2021-07-15T00:00:00

Event: Blade, Clearing, Clogged, Contact, Finger, Fingertip, Reaching, Reaching In, Saw, Severed, Spinning, Tendon
NAICS: 321911
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345427017
Employer profile: JELD-WEN, INC.
Summary number: 221385321
Report ID: 0155010

Event description

Employee contacts spinning hog blade while clearing clog and

Investigation abstract

At 8:40 a.m. on July 15, 2021, an employee was clearing a clog in a dust collector while operating a trim saw. The employee shut down and locked out the machine but was not aware of the spin-down time for the hog blade (12" x 3", 20 lbs). Believing the blade had stopped spinning, the employee reached in to remove trimmings and the back of his hand made contact with the still-spinning blade. The employee sustained a severed extensor tendon and a partially severed flexor tendon on the right index finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
0

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