OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566293
AMPUTATED,GUARD,FOOT CONTROL,SAW,HAND
Event description
HAND AMPUTATED BY CHOP SAW
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1'S LEFT HAND WAS AMPUTATED AT THE WRIST WHILE WORKING AT A SEMI-AUTOM ATIC PNEUMATIC CUT OFF SAW (CHOP SAW). TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING AT THE SAW, FE EDING, CUTTING AND REMOVING WOOD STOCK. THE EMPLOYEE ON THE SAW'S RIGHT SIDE (EM PLOYEE #1) PLACED HIS LEFT HAND BELOW THE UPPER BLADE GUARD. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED THE FOOT VALVE (TREADLE) OF THE SAW. THE UPPER CLAMP/GUA RD CAME DOWN, HOLDING THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND IN PLACE. THE BLADE ACTIVATED, AMPUTAT ING EMPLOYEE #1'S LEFT HAND. HE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE AN OPERATION WAS PERFORMED TO RECONNECT HIS HAND TO HIS ARM.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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