OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #829333
JELD-WEN FIBER PRODUCTS OF IOWA
DUBUQUE, IA·
Event description
Employee's finger amputated in wood shredding machine
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was trying to clear a jam in a wood shredding machine. He turned off the motor, went into the pit, removed the access panels, and poked at the jam w ith a metal rod. His finger was caught in the rotating machinery and was amputat ed.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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