OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #810218
CARBONIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
CHARLOTTE, NC·
Event description
Employee's hand severed by bandsaw blade
Investigation abstract
On July 17, 1988, Employee #1 was working at the discharge conveyor from a hydra d and the conveyor to stop before clearing the jam. ulic press used to make carbon dioxide dry ice. Blocks of dry ice measuring 20 i n. by 20 in. by 11 in. were cut in half by a bandsaw. Then the direction on the conveyor changed 90 degrees and a second bandsaw (Jones Superior 36 in.) quarter ed the blocks. When the ice blocks on the conveyor to the second saw jammed, Emp loyee #1 reached with a pusher between the guard and the front of the blade. The conveyor caught his right hand against the saw's blade and severed the palm jus t above the wrist, excluding the thumb. The point of operation guard on the band saw was not adequate. Employee #1 had not waited for the power to be disconnecte
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 758
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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