OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221390800

WEYERHAEUSER - COLUMBIA FALLS MDF

COLUMBIA FALLS, MT· 2021-09-09T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught By, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Glove, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Mill--Plant, Milling Machine, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pulled In, Reaching In, Saw, Sawblade, Sawmill, Traumatic Amputation, Wood, Wood Board
NAICS: 321219
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345527923
Employer profile: WEYERHAEUSER - COLUMBIA FALLS MDF
Summary number: 221390800
Report ID: 0830100

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when glove is pulled into saw

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on September 9, 2021, an employee working as a milling and planing machine operator for a wood product manufacturer was operating the lab cut up station saw. The employee reached into the saw while it was still energized attempting to remove a jammed board when his glove got caught in the sawblade. The employee was hospitalized to treat a lacerated index finger. The employee returned to work on modified duty and required additional follow up with a medical specialist confirmation of the diagnoses of an amputation and further treatment.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 55 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
705

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