OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221441074

317729292 - BRIGHT WOOD CORPORATION

MADRAS, OR· 2021-09-14T00:00:00

Event: Activated, Actuated, Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chop Saw, Engineering Controls, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Pinch Point, Pinched, Saw, Sawblade, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 321918
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345688055
Employer profile: 317729292 - BRIGHT WOOD CORPORATION
Summary number: 221441074
Report ID: 1054115

Event description

Employee amputates thumb while unintentionally actuating jum

Investigation abstract

At 8:45 a.m. on September 14, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a mill was walking back to her workstation. She placed her hand under a chop saw (jump saw) when she unintentionally pressed the knee actuated button. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated right thumb.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 40 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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