OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #750521
STRUCK AGAINST,LACERATION,BLADE,HAND,TABLE SAW
Event description
Employee's hand lacerated by table saw blade
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a 10 in. table saw, which was guarded to meet OSHA sta ndards, when a narcotic raid took place in the adjoining building. Narcotic agen ts and drug dealers were running through the shop and disturbed him as he was cu tting a piece of wood. His right hand became caught in the rotating saw head, se verely lacerating it at the base of the thumb on the palm side.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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