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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1002229

BANDSAW,FINGER,GUARD,WORK RULES,LACERATION

Event
BANDSAW,FINGER,GUARD,WORK RULES,LACERATION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
1002229
Report ID
751910

Event description

Employee's fingernail cut by bandsaw

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was cutting pork chops with a Butcher Boy vertical electric bandsaw. The opening between the back guard and the saw blade was one-half inch. While p ushing the loin into the saw, his left hand slipped off the end of the loin and his left ring finger made contact with the saw blade. The finger was not amputat ed and the portion of the fingernail that had been cut had grown back by the tim e of the accident investigation.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    7
    Part of body
    10
    Event type
    6
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    769
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    3
    Task assigned
    1

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