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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221428121

BENEDETTINI CABINETS, LP

Event
Abdomen, Arm, Guard, Impaled, Kick Back, Rip, Saw, Wood
NAICS
337121
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345729461
Employer profile
BENEDETTINI CABINETS, LP
Summary number
221428121
Report ID
0626700

Event description

Employee is impaled by wood, later dies

Investigation abstract

At 12:30 p.m. on January 13, 2022, an employee was in the rough mill submitting a request for a job for the framing department. The employee was standing behind a coworker while they were cutting wood, for a different order, on a straight line rip saw. The self-fed ripsaw was not equipped with an outer guard and the anti kickback fingers were not free flowing. A piece of wood kicked back, striking the employee and impaling her through the abdomen and into the arm. The employee was transported to the hospital with puncture wounds and died from her injuries six days later.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 63 F

    Event type
    1

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