OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221356199

DOOGE VENEERS INC.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI· 2021-05-10T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Contact, Cutting, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Rip, Saw, Sawblade, Shear, Sheared, Shearing Machine, Struck By, Table Saw, Traumatic Amputation, Wood, Wood Board
NAICS: 423310
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345311237
Employer profile: DOOGE VENEERS INC.
Summary number: 221356199
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee amputates two fingers while cutting wood with table

Investigation abstract

At 4:20 p.m. on May 10, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a wood products wholesaler was operating a Samco Model # SC/3 Mini Max Table Saw. The employee was ripping a wood plank workpiece when his hand contacted the sawblade. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for amputations to his index and pinky fingers and deeply lacerated his ring finger.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
733

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