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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221405723

YASUFUKU USA, INC.

Event
Bandsaw, Blade, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Wrist
NAICS
326199
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345604359
Employer profile
YASUFUKU USA, INC.
Summary number
221405723
Report ID
0418200

Event description

Employee sufferes partial amputation to left wrist

Investigation abstract

At 4:15 p.m. on October 18, 2021, an employee was cutting Kawasaki plastic parts with a Grizzly bandsaw. The employee did not have the finger on the green button, which activates the blade. The employee contacted the moving bandsaw blade and sustained a partial amputation of the left wrist. The employee was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 27 F

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    727

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