OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #827105
ALL AMERICAN HOMES OF IOWA, LLC
DYERSVILLE, IA·
Event description
Employee's fingertips amputated in planer blades
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, in training as a new employee, was operating a jointer/planer. He w as using push sticks to run a piece of 1 by 2 inch lumber through the planer. Th e planer hit a knot in the wood, causing the lumber to kick back out. His finger s slipped on the push stick and entered the knife area of the planer; two finger tips were amputated. The machine was equipped with a spring loaded, automatic ad justing guard from the factory, which was in place and working properly at the t ime of the accident.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 733
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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