OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221396104

NUMOTION

ROCKY HILL, CT· 2021-09-01T00:00:00

Event: Cutting, Guard, Hand, Hand Tool, Inexperience, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Sawblade, Struck By, Table Saw, Tendon, Unguarded
NAICS: 446199
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345551030
Employer profile: NUMOTION
Summary number: 221396104
Report ID: 0112000

Event description

Employee lacerates palm of hand while using unguarded table

Investigation abstract

At 10:50 a.m. on September 1, 2021, an employee working for a healthcare products manufacturer was using a table saw. The employee had finished marking the material to be cut after taking measurements. The guard on the machine was not installed on the saw. The employee struck his hand against the saw. The employee was hospitalized to treat a lacerated palm of his hand, requiring surgery to repair a tendon.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 55 M

Event type
14

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