OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221416027
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
Event description
Employee amputates thumb while operating unguarded table saw
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 59 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 567
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