OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221399140

J N PALLET COMPANY, LLC

CONNEAUTVILLE, PA· 2021-09-20T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Clearing, Finger, Hand, Hopper, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Laborer, Machine Cycled, Manufacturing, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Production Line, Traumatic Amputation, Wood, Wood Board
NAICS: 321920
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345565485
Employer profile: J N PALLET COMPANY, LLC
Summary number: 221399140
Report ID: 0336000

Event description

Employee partially amputates finger between wood and fly bar

Investigation abstract

At 7:30 a.m. on September 20, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a wood container and pallet manufacturer was attempting to remove a jammed or broken piece of wood from the hopper of a pallet stringer. A fly bar located below the wood that the employee was trying to remove cycled back and pinched the employee on his hand between the wood and the fly bar. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to his index finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 16 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
889

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