OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221472467

SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES

CHINESE CAMP, CA· 2022-01-03T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chain, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Lost Balance, Lumber, Lumber Stack, Mill--Plant, Thumb
NAICS: 321999
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345719207
Employer profile: SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES
Summary number: 221472467
Report ID: 0950624

Event description

Employee amputates thumb when caught in chain

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 p.m. on January 3, 2022, an employee was working in the packaging area tossing battens onto a lumber stack in a lumber mill when he lost his balance and fell to the lumber deck. As the employee fell, his hand went under the deck and was caught between a race and a chain. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to his left thumb at the first knuckle.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
889

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