OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689604
AMPUTATED,FINGER,CLEANING,SAW,LACERATION,BLADE,UNGUARDED,TABLE SAW
Event description
CUT FINGERS WHILE OPERATING TABLE SAW
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A ROCKWELL #2098 TILTING ARBOR TABLE SAW TO CUT 5 1/2 INCH PIECES OF WOOD INTO SHELVES FOR CORNER CABINETS. WHEN HE WENT TO CLEAN SAWDUST AND WOOD PIECES AWAY FROM THE SAW, THE LITTLE, RING AND MIDDLE FINGERS OF HIS HA ND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TURNING SAW BLADE. HIS LITTLE FINGER WAS ENTIRELY AM PUTATED, HIS RING FINGER AMPUTATED AT THE FIRST JOINT AND HIS MIDDLE FINGER CUT.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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