The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, March 5th 2013 by OSHA representitives in Forest Falls, CA after learning of an incident at Forest Home Inc which had occured on Monday, January 28th 2013. A employee working as a Laborer was injured on the job when the employee lacerated fingered operating wood slicer machine
Accident Date2013-01-28
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt approximately 2:15 p.m. on January 28, 2013, Employee #1, with Forest Home Inc., was operating the wood splitter in the Wood Splitter Area cutting logs of different diameters. Upon cutting a log, Employee #1 proceeded to the area where the blade of the wood splitter comes down to split the log. As Employee #1 was adjusting the log, the blade crept down onto his left hand crushing his left middle, ring and little fingers. The cause of this accident was that the point of operation of the wood splitter was not properly guarded. Employee #1 was hospitalized.