OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #708016
ALLIED PACKAGING ASSOCIATES INC
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AMPUTATED BY RADIAL ARM SAW
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 PM ON JULY 12, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CUTTING WOODEN STRIPS INTO 22 3/4 INCH LENGTHS. WHILE HE WAS CUTTING A STRIP HE LOOKED AWAY TO CHECK HIS MEASUREMENTS. WHILE HIS ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED, THE SAW BLADE CUT THROUGH TH E STRIP OF WOOD AND INTO EMPLOYEE #1'S FINGER. HIS FINGERTIP WAS AMPUTATED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 659
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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