OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221448558

JUDD ENTERPRISES

PEACE VALLEY, MO· 2022-02-24T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Cleaning, Edger, Finger, Hand, Lockout, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Saw, Sawblade, Sawdust, Struck Against, Vacuum Cleaner, Wood Slab
NAICS: 321920
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345860100
Employer profile: JUDD ENTERPRISES
Summary number: 221448558
Report ID: 0728500

Event description

Employee cleaning running saw suffers amputation

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on February 24, 2022, an employee was working for a firm that out the slab edger. manufactured wood containers and pallets. He was operating a West Plains Resaw Systems double bay edger. This was a slab edger. The employee was cleaning sawdust from the slab edger. He opened the collector box on the bottom of the edger. He did not stop the edger or lock it before he opened the collector box. With his hands, he was moving sawdust into the vacuum collection system located in the collector box. His finger came into contact with the sawblade, which was located above the collector box. He suffered the amputation of a portion of his hand. He was hospitalized. There were no machine-specific procedures for locking

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M

Event type
2

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