OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517692
HOMES OF MERIT, INC.
LAKE CITY, FL·
Event description
THUMB AND FINGER NEARLY AMPUTATED IN TABLE SAW
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CROSSCUTTING AN 18 INCH WIDE BOARD USING A ROCKWELL TABLE SAW. T HE SAW WAS EQUIPPED WITH A SPREADER AND GUARD. HE SOMEHOW GOT HIS FINGERS TOO CL OSE TO THE SAW. HIS THUMB AND FINGER WERE SEVERELY LACERATED AND PARTIALLY AMPUT ATED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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