OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221466543
UNITED PALLET SERVICES, INC
MODESTO, CA·
Event description
Employee suffers avulsion to tip of thumb from jammed saw
Investigation abstract
At 10:55 a.m. on November 23, 2021, Employee #1 was cutting a piece of wood when a scrap fell into the saw and caused a jam. The employee attempted to remove the jam when he was injured by the sawblade and suffered an avulsion to the tip of his thumb. He received first aid at the emergency room and was treated without hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Event type
- 14
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