OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221404957

QUALITY PALLET INC. DBA PEREGRINE WOOD PRODUCTS

MUSKEGON, MI· 2021-08-17T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pallet, Partial Amputation, Point Of Operation, Production Line, Puncture, Removing, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Wood, Wood Board
NAICS: 321920
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345600415
Employer profile: QUALITY PALLET INC. DBA PEREGRINE WOOD PRODUCTS
Summary number: 221404957
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee amputates thumb tip in pallet notching machine

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on August 17, 2021, an employee working for a pallet manufacturer was was notching pieces of lumber with a MMT Model 150A Pallet Notcher Machine. The employee caught his right hand in the machine blades while attempting to remove a broken board. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated thumb tip.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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