OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #742122
AMPUTATED,WORK RULES,THUMB,BLADE,UNGUARDED,TABLE SAW
Event description
Employee's thumb amputated by table saw blade
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using an unguarded table saw to cut 2 1/2 in. by 24 in. pieces o f plywood for cabinet drawers. He was using his thumbs, instead of a pushstick, to hold and push the boards into the saw blade. The wood bound, then slipped. Th e tip of Employee #1's left thumb went into the blade and was amputated.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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