OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296313
THUMB,SAW,LACERATION,BLADE,UNGUARDED,INATTENTION,TABLE SAW
Event description
EMPLOYEE CUT THUMB ON TABLE SAW
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A SEARS CRAFTSMAN 10 INCH TABLE SAW, MODEL 11392980-51, SE RIAL #4017-MO-318, TO CUT WOOD. HIS LEFT THUMB SOMEHOW CAME INTO CONTACT WITH TH E SAW BLADE, RESULTING IN A BONE-DEEP CUT. THE CUT REQUIRED STITCHES AND THE INS ERTION OF PINS TO REPAIR. EMPLOYEE #1 SAID THAT HE WAS TRAINED IN THE USE OF THE SAW. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREV ENTED IF THE SAW BLADE HAD BEEN ADEQUATELY GUARDED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 727
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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