OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221379621

THE CARTER JONES LUMBER COMPANY

MILLBURY, OH· 2021-08-05T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Bypass, Bypass Guard, Caught Between, Cutting, Finger, Guard, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lumber, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Rip, Safety Device, Saw, Sawblade, Sheared, Table Saw, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded, Wood Board
NAICS: 423310
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345466635
Employer profile: THE CARTER JONES LUMBER COMPANY
Summary number: 221379621
Report ID: 0524700

Event description

Employee amputates two fingers while ripping wood with table

Investigation abstract

At 7:45 a.m. on August 5, 2021, an employee working as a supervisor for a lumber amputations to his middle and ring fingers. supplier was working in the wall panel shop. The employee was operating a Model 66 10-inch Powermatic Table Saw to rip boards into smaller pieces for a cabinet. This work was not routine and was unrelated to the work that is normally done in the shop. The employee had extra time, so he decided to make a lockable cabinet so items would not continue to go missing. There was no hood guard, spreader, or kickback fingers installed on the saw. As he was using the saw, he may have grabbed the finished piece of wood too close to the blade as it was being cut. The unguarded blade struck his left hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

Event type
2

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