OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221416027

A M CABINETS INC

GARDENA, CA· 2021-06-22T00:00:00

Event: Abdomen, Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Carpenter, Contact, Contusion, Cutting, Engineering Controls, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Kick Back, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine Shop, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Material Handling, Production Line, Sawblade, Spreader Bar, Struck Against, Table Saw, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded, Wood
NAICS: 337212
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345436554
Employer profile: A M CABINETS INC
Summary number: 221416027
Report ID: 0950635

Event description

Employee amputates thumb while operating unguarded table saw

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on June 22, 2021, an employee was working as a carpenter for a fingers, and sustained bruises and damage to his lower right abdomen, requiring hospitalization. commercial and residential custom cabinet manufacturer. The employee was operating a Delta RT40 hand-fed table saw in the custom shop to crosscut a 48-inch long by 8-inch wide by 3/4-inch thick wood into 10-inch long pieces. The table saw was not equipped with a spreader nor an anti-kickback device. In addition, the guard was not adjusted correctly above the workpiece and was not self adjustable to the thickness of the stock. The employee had finished two cuts when at the end of third cut his right hand contacted the sawblade. The employee amputated his thumb, deeply lacerated his index, middle and ring

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 59 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
567

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