OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221437759

INSTITUTIONAL CASEWORK, INCORPORATED

PARIS, TN· 2022-01-26T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Caught By, Cutting, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Jammed, Partial Amputation, Pulled In, Push Stick, Table Saw
NAICS: 337127
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345778278
Employer profile: INSTITUTIONAL CASEWORK, INCORPORATED
Summary number: 221437759
Report ID: 0454715

Event description

Employee partially amputates finger on table saw

Investigation abstract

At 12:45 p.m. on January 26, 2022, an employee was removing dowels that were jammed in between a saw blade and the saw body when the push stick he was using got caught in the slow moving saw blade and pulled his hand in. The employee had shut the power off to the saw prior to attempting to remove the dowels but the blade was still spinning. The employee was hospitalized to treat a partial amputation of his left pinky finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M

Event type
2

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