OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14453971
OMEGA CABINETS LTD.,DBA BERTCH WOOD SPECIALTY
WATERLOO, IA·
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED BY DADO BLADE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, WHILE MAKING DADO CUTS ON A PIECE OF PLYWOOD SIX FEET LONG BY SEVEN INCHES WIDE BY 3/4 INCHES THICK, PUSHED HIS RIGHT HAND INTO THE DADO BLADE. THE DADO BLADE AMPUTATED THE FOURTH AND FIFTH FINGERS ON EMPLOYEE #1'S RIGHT HAND.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 657
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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