| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-25 | Kreamer | Pa | Kreamer Feed, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was changing out the die on a pellet mill. When he spun the die, it caught his left-hand thumb, resulting in the amputation of 1/2 an inch of his thumb. | |||||
| 2019-04-05 | Kreamer | Pennsylvania | Wood-Mode, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting angle components on a table saw. His hand contacted the backside of the saw blade; the nail and skin on his left index finger were amputated without bone loss. The table saw was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2019-03-12 | Kreamer | Pennsylvania | Wood-Mode, Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting a recessed cabinet panel on a table saw. The panel jammed and then quickly slipped forward into the blade. The employee's hand was in-line with the saw blade as the panel slipped forward and the employee sustained a left fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2018-09-14 | Kreamer | Pennsylvania | Bingaman & Son Lumber, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was loading wood onto a conveyor that carried the wood away from the employee when a piece of wood became jammed. The employee hit the reverse button and the piece of wood started to come back toward the employee. The employee reached down and grabbed the nearest end of the piece of wood. The conveyor pushed the piece of wood against a metal guard and the employee's thumb tip was caught between the wood and metal guard, resulting in a thumb tip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-04-04 | Kreamer | Pennsylvania | Bingaman & Son Lumber, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a pneumatically actuated chop saw when his left hand entered the table opening where the blade comes up from below the table. The foot pedal was pressed and the saw actuated, amputating his left thumb just above the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-02-05 | Kreamer | Pennsylvania | Wood-Mode, Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was drilling front frame styles on a drilling machine. She pushed a piece in and her right middle finger was pulled under the plunger, amputating her fingertip. The plunger was foot-operated. | |||||
| 2017-10-04 | Kreamer | Pennsylvania | Wood-Mode, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On October 4, 2017, at around 10 a.m., an employee was cutting a piece of drawer box using a table saw. She was pushing the material through the saw when her left index finger contacted the blade and was amputated. The saw was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2017-08-18 | Kreamer | Pennsylvania | Wood-Mode, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was working on the molding machine when it jammed. The employee shut down the machine and attempted to remove the jammed piece. The machine's bottom head was still rotating and amputated the employee's left index fingertip and avulsed the left middle finger. The employee's left palm was also lacerated from the middle finger to the small finger (pinky). | |||||
| 2017-03-21 | Kreamer | Pennsylvania | Wood-Mode, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a multiple spindle drilling machine to make stiles for wood products when the pneumatic hold-down came down on her right ring finger and amputated the fingertip to the first joint. | |||||
| 2015-01-19 | Kreamer | Pennsylvania | WOOD MODE | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was feeding the sander on the Hessman Sanding Machine. A panel of plywood (18"x96"x3/4") fell from the buggy and struck him on the head, neck, and shoulders. | |||||