OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221400807

VAN ZYVRDEN, INC.

MERIDIAN, MS· 2021-07-28T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Amputated, Amputation, Contact, Cutting, Distracted, Farm Machinery, Finger, Guard, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Malfunction, Manufacturing, Saw, Sawblade, Struck By, Table Saw, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Wood Board
NAICS: 424910
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345458939
Employer profile: VAN ZYVRDEN, INC.
Summary number: 221400807
Report ID: 0419400

Event description

Employee amputates two fingers while cutting wood with miter

Investigation abstract

At 10:15 a.m. on July 28, 2021, an employee working as a fabricating machine operator for a farm supply company was operating a miter saw cutting wooden boards. The employer surmised that the guard had either malfunctioned or the employee was not paying attention when his right hand struck the blade. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated thumb and index finger and deep lacerations to his middle, ring, and pinky fingers.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 51 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
717

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