OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221347701
Adjust,Amputated,Amputation,Bandsaw,Caught Between,Caught By,Caught In,Clamp,Cutting,Engineering Controls,Finger,Fingertip,Hand,Hold-Down Clamp,Hydraulic,Hydraulic Equipment,Instantaneous amputation,Lack of Engineering Controls,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Metal,Metal Strip,Partial Amputation,Pinch Point,Pinched,Steel,Thumb,Traumatic Amputation
Event description
Employee amputates thumb tip when caught in bandsaw cutting
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 779
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