OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221389950

STYLE-LINE FURN., INC.

VERONA, MS· 2021-08-25T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Engineering Controls, Feeding, Finger, Frame, Hand, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Sawblade, Struck By, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Wood
NAICS: 337121
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345522718
Employer profile: STYLE-LINE FURN., INC.
Summary number: 221389950
Report ID: 0419400

Event description

Employee amputates thumb when feeding wood frames into miter

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on August 25, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a furniture manufacturer was feeding wood frames into a double miter saw. The employee caught his right hand in the rotating sawblade. The employee was hospitalized to treat lacerations to his middle and index fingers and an amputated thumb.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
779

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