OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170683817
AMPUTATED,GUARD,SLIP,THUMB,SAW,BLADE,TABLE SAW
Event description
Employee suffers partial thumb amputation in table saw
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cutting a board on a table saw when his left hand slipped and we nt under the guard. The blade amputated 1/4 to 1/2 of his left thumb.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 727
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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