OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #657593

CORROFAB MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCORPORATED

MANSFIELD, MA· 1987-07-07T00:00:00

Event: KICK BACK, FRACTURE, PELVIS, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, UNGUARDED, TABLE SAW
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Complaint
Activity number: #100536358
Employer profile: CORROFAB MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCORPORATED
Summary number: 657593
Report ID: 111400

Event description

TABLE SAW KICKED BACK PLYWOOD PIECE; OPERATOR'S PELVIS BROKE

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, WITH TEN MONTH'S WORK EXPERIENCE AS AN OPERATOR, WAS CUTTING A PIEC E OF PLYWOOD ON AN UNGUARDED TABLE SAW. THE PLYWOOD KICKED BACK, STRUCK THE OPER ATOR AND BROKE HIS PELVIS.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
14

Event type
1

Source
26

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
5

Task assigned
1

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