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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
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
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
221347701
Report ID
0626600

Event description

Employee amputates thumb tip when caught in bandsaw cutting

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    779

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