OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221414329

GRIFFIN LUMBER COMPANY, INC.

CORDELE, GA· 2021-11-18T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Clearing, Conveyor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Finger, Guard, Hand, Jammed, Ladder, Pulley, Reaching, Wood
NAICS: 321113
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345655401
Employer profile: GRIFFIN LUMBER COMPANY, INC.
Summary number: 221414329
Report ID: 0418400

Event description

Employee amputates two fingers while working with pulley

Investigation abstract

At 1:30 p.m. on November 18, 2021, an employee was clearing a jammed piece of wood from the Trim Block Conveyor Waste Belt Pulley #2. He was standing on a wooden ladder. When he started to fall, he reached out to grab the guard. His right hand went behind the guard and his third and fourth fingers made contact with the pulley. The employee suffered an amputation of the distal phalange of the third and fourth finger on the right hand and was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 33 M

Event type
2

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