OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478028
WOOD STRUCTURES, INC.
SACO, ME·
Event description
CUT BY SAW BLADE
Investigation abstract
ON ABOUT JUNE 2, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN PIECES OF SCRAP WOOD OGRAM. FROM UNDER A SAW WHICH WAS USED TO CUT STOCK FOR ROOF TRUSSES. THE SCRAP TAKE-AW AY MECHANISM ON THE SAW WAS INOPERATIVE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED TO ACCOMPLI SH THE CLEANING BETWEEN CUTS, AND TO BE CAREFUL AROUND THE FOUR SAW BLADES. ON J UNE 10, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVING THE LAST SHOVELFUL OF SCRAP WOOD FROM UND ER THE SAW WHEN THE OPERATOR STARTED THE SAW. THE SAW BLADE CAUGHT THE SHOVEL HA NDLE AND DRAGGED EMPLOYEE #1'S RIGHT HAND ACROSS THE SAW BLADE. EMPLOYEE #1 RECE IVED A SEVERE LACERATION AT THE KNUCKLE JOINT AND THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND. TH E ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THE EMPLOYER HAD INSTITUTED A LOCKOUT PR
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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