OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14291728
EYE,HEAD,SAW,STRUCK BY,SET UP,BLADE,FACE
Event description
Employee severely injured when struck by saw blade
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was completing the set-up of a tenoner machine, which had two dado h ead saws. For some reason, Employee #1 was on the floor in front and under the l eft dado blade. Employee #1 contacted the blade and sustained severe head, eye, and face injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 727
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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