OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221398118

INTERNATIONAL TIMBER & VENEER L.C

JACKSON CENTER, PA· 2021-09-20T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Caught Between, Climbing, Climbing on Ladder, Descending, Descending Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Work Procedures, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Pinch Point, Pinched, Replacing, Slip, Slippery Surface, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 321212
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345560304
Employer profile: INTERNATIONAL TIMBER & VENEER L.C
Summary number: 221398118
Report ID: 0336000

Event description

Employee amputates finger when caught in pinch point during

Investigation abstract

At 6:15 a.m. on September 20, 2021, an employee working as a maintenance technician for a softwood veneer and plywood manufacturer was installing a belt on a pulley. The employee was climbing down from a ladder when he slipped. He grabbed the belt and rode the belt down to the pulley catching his finger. The employee amputated his finger between the pulley and the belt pinch point and was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
519

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