OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456511
LINFORD GLASS CO
SALT LAKE CITY, UT—
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY PIECE OF METAL PROPELLED BY TABLE SAW
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 PLACED A PIECE OF 18-FOOT ALUMINUM EXTRUSION CHANNEL IRON ON THE TAB LE SAW PLATFORM. HE THEN TURNED AND WALKED AWAY, EXPECTING A WORKER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE TO REMOVE THE PIECE OF IRON. SOMEHOW, THE PIECE OF MATERIAL R EVERSED DIRECTION ON THE TABLE AND THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE ROTATING BLADE OF THE SAW. THE MOMENTUM FROM THE SAW PROPELLED THE MATERIAL ABOUT 25 FEET ACROSS T HE ROOM AND INTO THE RIGHT ARM OF EMPLOYEE #1. HIS ARM WAS BROKEN.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 727
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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