OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #735563
WHITEHALL FURNITURE INC
OWENSBORO, KY—
Event description
FINGER CUT BY CIRCULAR SAW BLADE
Investigation abstract
ON APRIL 17, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CUTTING 1/8 INCH T O 1/2 INCH CORNER BLOCKS OFF HARDWOOD STOCK (APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES WIDE AND 30 INCHES LONG), USING A NORTHFIELD CIRCULAR TABLE SAW. THE SMALL CORNER PIECES KEP T GETTING CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BLADE GUARD AND THE BLADE. THE EMPLOYEE RAISED ONE SIDE OF THE GUARD AND BEGAN BRUSHING THE CORNER PIECES AWAY. A PIECE WAS THROWN OUT BY THE SAW BLADE, STARTLING THE OPERATOR. HIS FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH TH E SAW BLADE. EMPLOYEE #1'S RIGHT RING FINGER WAS LACERATED AT THE TIP.
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 733
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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