OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221392269

317729232 - OUTDOORS RV MANUFACTURING INC

LA GRANDE, OR· 2021-09-07T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Automobile, Caught By, Caught In, Circular Saw, Cutting, Finger, Glove, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Panel, Reach, Rotating Parts, Saw, Sawblade, Struck Against, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 336214
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345535595
Employer profile: 317729232 - OUTDOORS RV MANUFACTURING INC
Summary number: 221392269
Report ID: 1054115

Event description

Employee amputates two fingers when struck by rotating saw b

Investigation abstract

At 6:25 a.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for an RV manufacturer was using a panel saw. The employee was operating the saw in the top position with the saw still running when he reached up to move the panel being cut. The employee caught his right-hand glove in the rotating blade pulling his hand into the blade. The employee was transported to the local hospital and then transferred by life flight to a major medical center. The employee was hospitalized to treat amputated middle and index fingers.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 60 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
889

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