OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221392004

TRINITY BUILDING GROUP LLC

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI· 2021-05-13T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bracing, Carpenter, Circular Saw, Cutting, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Saw, Sawblade, Struck By, Table Saw, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position, Wood, Wood Board
NAICS: 337110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345497804
Employer profile: TRINITY BUILDING GROUP LLC
Summary number: 221392004
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee amputates two fingers, lacerates thumb on table saw

Investigation abstract

At 7:45 a.m. on May 13, 2021, an employee working as a bench carpenter for a cabinet and countertop manufacturer was using a Bridgewood BW-10 LTS circular table saw to rip a walnut board. The employee attempted to brace the wood to prevent kickback when he contacted the blade with his left hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat amputations to his middle and index fingers and a laceration to his thumb.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 60 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
657

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