OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221435712

R & B WAGNER, INC.

MILWAUKEE, WI· 2022-01-19T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bypass, Bypass Guard, Catch Point, Caught In, Clamp, Cutting, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Hand, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Safety Device, Saw, Sawblade, Struck By, Unguarded
NAICS: 332510
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345738470
Employer profile: R & B WAGNER, INC.
Summary number: 221435712
Report ID: 0523400

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip on unguarded metal cutting saw

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on January 19, 2022, an employee was cutting metal elbows on a Kaltenbach Saw. The clamp on the saw blade was unguarded when the saw cycled while the employee had her right hand in the point of operation. The employee amputated her fingertip and required hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 60 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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