OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221388457

TRUSTILE DOORS, LLC

DENVER, CO· 2021-08-26T00:00:00

Event: Actuated, Amputated, Amputation, Bypass, Bypass Guard, Cutting, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Production Line, Push Stick, Pushing, Reaching, Reaching In, Sawblade, Struck By, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Wood, Wood Board, Work Surface
NAICS: 321911
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345503379
Employer profile: TRUSTILE DOORS, LLC
Summary number: 221388457
Report ID: 0830500

Event description

Employee amputates thumb tip when reaching under guard hold

Investigation abstract

At 8:25 a.m. on August 26, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a wooden window and door manufacturer was operating an up-cut saw. The employee reached under the guard hold down clamp with his right hand to push a short piece of wood against the Tiger stop. At the same time, he actuated the chop saw with the left-hand push button causing the hand to be struck by the sawblade. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated thumb tip.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 53 M

Event type
14

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