OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221421175

ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHICS, INC.

CARTERSVILLE, GA· 2021-12-14T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Assembling, Bypass, Bypass Guard, Catch Point, Crate, Cutting, Engineering Controls, Finger, Hand Tool, Insufficient Supervision, Kick Back, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine operator, Material Handling, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Safety Device, Saw, Sawblade, Struck By, Supervision, Table Saw
NAICS: 339950
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345696579
Employer profile: ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHICS, INC.
Summary number: 221421175
Report ID: 0418200

Event description

Employee amputates finger cutting Styrofoam with table saw

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on December 14, 2021, an employee had finished cleaning her work area and decided to help her coworkers in the shipping department. The coworkers were building crates and the employee was helping cut Styrofoam. The employee was operating a Grizzly Model G0771Z Table Saw to cut the Styrofoam into smaller sizes when suddenly the Styrofoam kicked back. The employee was struck by the 10-inch saw blade and amputated her right middle finger distal phalange and deeply lacerated her index finger, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 57 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
653

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