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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #887398

ROTATING PARTS,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,BLADE,INATTENTION

Event
ROTATING PARTS,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,BLADE,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
887398
Report ID
352430

Event description

Employee's fingers injured when caught in notching machine

Investigation abstract

On January 12, 1989, Employee #1 was unloading stock when his fingers became cau ght in the rotating blade of a wood notching machine. The employee was not aware that the machine was in operation. The notching machine has top and bottom head s. At the time of the accident, the top heads were still rotating while the bott om heads had been cut off.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 36 M

    Nature of injury
    1
    Part of body
    12
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    1

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