OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221399413

UNITED FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.

NETTLETON, MS· 2021-10-01T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Circular Saw, Cutting, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Glove, Hand Tool, Instantaneous amputation, Material Handling, PPE, Partial Amputation, Saw, Sawblade, Struck Against, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 337121
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345567127
Employer profile: UNITED FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Summary number: 221399413
Report ID: 0419400

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when saw cuts into mesh glove

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on October 1, 2021, an employee working in production for a furniture manufacturer was operating a portable 10-inch Wolf fabric electric circular cutter. The employee cut her hand when the sawblade sliced through her metal mesh glove. The employee amputated her left index fingertip and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 39 F

Event type
6

Occupation code
676

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