OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221412422

AROOSTOOK TRUSSES, INC.

PRESQUE ISLE, ME· 2021-10-21T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Assembling, Carpenter, Caught Between, Caught By, Falling Object, Finger, Fingertip, Truss, Wood, Wood Erection
NAICS: 321214
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345646301
Employer profile: AROOSTOOK TRUSSES, INC.
Summary number: 221412422
Report ID: 0111100

Event description

Carpenter making wall frame suffers amputation of fingertip

Investigation abstract

At 11:15 a.m. on October 21, 2021, an employee was working as a carpenter for a firm that manufactured trusses. He was assembling a wall frame. As he was moving the wall frame, it fell from the track it was on and caught the small finger on the employee's right hand between the wood truss and a metal table. The tip of that finger was amputated. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 55 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
567

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