OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221421340

EVOLUTION RACEWERKS

AZUSA, CA· 2021-10-22T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Barrier Guard, Blade, Chop Saw, Cutting, Metal Pipe, Pipe, Pulled In, Thumb
NAICS: 441310
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345639157
Employer profile: EVOLUTION RACEWERKS
Summary number: 221421340
Report ID: 0950644

Event description

Employee amputates thumb in chop saw

Investigation abstract

At 12:10 p.m. on October 22, 2021, an employee was fabricating aluminum Turbo amputation. Inter Cooler (TIC) pipes using a chop saw dedicated to aluminum cutting. The employee was cutting a pipe when the blade grabbed the pipe mid-cut and pulled it into the guard jamming the pipe between the guard and the blade. The employee was holding the pipe against the back plate with his gloved left hand on the cutting table and pulled down the blade with his right hand. When the blade grabbed the pipe, his left hand was pulled with the pipe and his left thumb cut before the blade jammed and stopped. The blade had a missing tooth from the day prior to the accident. The employee was hospitalized to treat a left thumb

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
783

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