OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221425432
MAINE WOOD TIMBER & POSTS
BELGRADE, ME·
Event description
Employee partially amputates fingers in planer
Investigation abstract
At 8:00 a.m. on December 14, 2021, an employee was assisting in operating an industrial planer when he noticed a buildup of sap on a plate just past the point of operation. The employee was using a rag to wipe the plate when the rag was sucked into the point of operation, pulling employee's right hand in with it. The employee suffered a partial amputation of his index and middle fingers and a laceration of his thumb. The emplpyee was treated without hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 705
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