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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14463855

KICK BACK,AMPUTATED,FINGER,SAW,LACERATION,BLADE,UNGUARDED,TABLE SAW

Event
KICK BACK,AMPUTATED,FINGER,SAW,LACERATION,BLADE,UNGUARDED,TABLE SAW
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14463855
Report ID
551800

Event description

FINGER AMPUTATED BY TABLE SAW BLADE

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 PUSHED A PIECE OF TRIM MATERIAL (WOOD), WHICH WAS 1 INCH BY 1 1/2 IN CH BY 1 FOOT LONG, THROUGHT A TABLE SAW, USING A PUSH BLOCK. AFTER THE CUT WAS M ADE THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO RETRIEVE THE WORK BY REACHING AROUND THE BLADE. AP PARENTLY HIS LEFT RING AND INDEX FINGERS CONTACTED THE BLADE WHEN HE REACHED ARO UND IT. THE RING FINGER WAS AMPUTATED AT THE FIRST JOINT AND THE INDEX FINGER SE VERELY LACERATED. THE BLADE WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A GUARD; NOR WAS THERE AN ANTI -KICK BACK DEVICE PRESENT.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 21 M

    Nature of injury
    1
    Part of body
    10
    Event type
    1
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    727
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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