OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221428360

CASCADE LUMBER COMPANY

CASCADE, IA· 2022-01-11T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Catch Point, Caught Between, Clamp, Cutting, Finger, Hand, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine operator, Material Handling, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinched, Pneumatic, Pneumatic tool, Steel, Steel Tube, Thumb, Unstable Position
NAICS: 332312
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345731525
Employer profile: CASCADE LUMBER COMPANY
Summary number: 221428360
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee amptutates thumb when caught in pneumatic clamp

Investigation abstract

At 11:15 a.m. on January 11, 2022, an employee was using a bandsaw to cut 3.5 inch steel tube webbing. The employee engaged a pneumatic clamp to hold the webbing placing his hand to guide the webbing into the clamp. The employee pinched his thumb when the clamp closed on the webbing. The employee amputated his thumb, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
889

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