OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001338
WESAM INC.
FLOYD, IA·
Event description
Employee's finger amputated by rotating saw blade
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:00 p.m. on October 1, 1986, Employee #1 was working at a manu al lathe when he noticed that the Kalamazoo horizontal metal bandsaw, model P47, serial #10042.0, was making a loud noise. He went over to the saw and, while it was in operation, lifted the guard that covered the two rotating wheels and bla de. Bending over to look for what was making the noise, he caught his left index finger between the right wheel and the saw blade. The bottom part of his finger and a small portion of its fingernail was amputated. Employee #1 was hospitaliz ed for a short time.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 777
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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