OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #707570
NEW CUT CABINET COMPANY
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
FINGER AMPUTATED BY TABLE SAW
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A CIRCULAR TABLE SAW (DELTA ROCKWELL UNISAW, SERIAL NUMBER FJ4912) TO CUT A PIECE OF LAMINATED MATERIAL, 87 INCHES LONG AND 4 1/2 INCHES W IDE. THE TABLE SAW FENCE JAMMED AND THE EMPLOYEE REACHED OVER THE BLADE TO UNJAM IT. HIS HAND INADVERTENTLY CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE BLADE, RESULTING IN THE AMP UTATION OF A HALF INCH OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AND THE LACERATION OF THREE OTHE R FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 733
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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