OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673004
TOMKEN BUILDERS
DES MOINES, IA·
Event description
RIGHT THUMB AMPUTATED BY POWER MITER SAW.
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CUTTING 1 BY 2 INCH WOOD WINDOW FRAME MATERIAL TO SIZE. THE EMPL OYEE WAS OPERATING THE SAW WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND FEEDING AND HOLDING THE MATERI AL WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. THE EMPLOYEE BROUGHT THE SAW DOWN BEFORE HE POSITIONED T HE MATERIAL AND SUBSEQUENTLY AMPUTATED THE THUMB ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THE MOVABLE PLASTIC LOWER BLADE GUARD WAS IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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