OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221398829

GROUND ZERO WOOD PRODUCTS

SAGINAW, MI· 2021-09-14T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Cutting, Engineering Controls, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Production Line, Reaching In, Rotating Parts, Saw, Sawblade, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Wood
NAICS: 321920
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345564033
Employer profile: GROUND ZERO WOOD PRODUCTS
Summary number: 221398829
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee cutting wood amputates finger when struck by sawbla

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on September 14, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a wood container and pallet manufacturer was pulling cants off table after they were cut by jump saw. The employee reached into the saw and struck the sawblade with his left hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated pinky finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
889

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