Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125871.015 - Employee amputates hand when caught in woodworking machine

Accident Summary Nr: 125871.015 -- Report ID: 0150900 -- Event Date: 10/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1445502.015	10/22/2019		611110	Vinal Technical High School

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on October 22, 2019, an employee who worked as a shop teacher for a high school was showing a student how to use a planer/woodworking machine. The exhaust system was not working so the employee put his hand up to test the machine when it was struck by the point of operation. The employee amputated his hand and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine operator, Material Handling, Planer, Point Of Operation, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1445502.015	48	M	Hospitalized injury		Teachers, secondary school

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