OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #708024
STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION (HAGERSTOWN SHOP)
HAGERSTOWN, MD·
Event description
STRUCK BY FLYING PIECE OF LUMBER THROWN BY RADIAL ARM SAW
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:15 AM, ON AUGUST 28, 1986, THE ROAD MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR W AS RIPPING 3 TO 4 FOOT PIECES OF 2 BY 4 LUMBER ON A DEWALT-BLACK & DECKER RADIAL ARM SAW, SERIAL #65070858. THE SAW WAS NOT SET FOR THE WOOD TO BE FED AGAINST T HE DIRECTION OF BLADE ROTATION. EMPLOYEE #1 WALKED UP AND STOOD TO THE SAW'S RIG HT (THE OUTFEED SIDE). A PIECE BEING CUT, SPLIT, THEN WAS THROWN OUTWARD WHEN TH E SAW BLADE STRUCK A KNOT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK ON THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND ( RESULTING IN A LARGE CONTUSION AND BLOOD CLOT) AND THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS ABDOMEN (RESULTING IN AN ABRASION). HE WAS EXAMINED, INCLUDING X-RAYS, AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL. HE RECEIVED A TETANUS SHOT AND WAS RELEASED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 785
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 2
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