OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690115
AMPUTATED,FINGER,GUARD,SAW,LACERATION,INATTENTION,TABLE SAW
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED BY TABLE SAW BLADE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A TABLE SAW TO RIP 6 INCH BY 6 FOOT PIECES OF WOOD FROM ST OCK. HE COMPLETED A CUT AND WAS MOVING HIS HAND FROM THE BACK TO THE FRONT OF TH E TABLE. HE HAD HIS HAND IN THE PALM-UP POSITION. HIS HAND SLID UNDER THE BACK O F THE SAW GUARD AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE SAW BLADE. PARTS OF THE LITTLE, RIN G AND MIDDLE FINGERS WERE AMPUTATED, AND THE TIP OF THE INDEX FINGER WAS CUT.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 549
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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