OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14291736
AMERICAN OF MARTINSVILLE INC.
MARTINSVILLE, VA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AMPUTATED IN CUTTER ACCIDENT
Investigation abstract
On May 15, 1989, Employee #1 was operating a veneer cutter (joiner). While remov ing scraps, Employee #1's left hand was caught between material pressure bar and the cutter blade. That resulted in an amputation of the left hand's middle fing er to the first joint.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 Female
- Nature of injury
- Amputation (1)
- Part of body
- FINGER(S) (10)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Shaping and joining machine operators (728)
- Human factor
- MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)
- Environmental factor
- PINCH POINT ACTION (1)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.