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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822858

AMPUTATED,FINGER,HYDRAULIC CYLINDER,SAW,STRUCK BY,UNGUARDED,INATTENTION

Event
AMPUTATED,FINGER,HYDRAULIC CYLINDER,SAW,STRUCK BY,UNGUARDED,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
822858
Report ID
352420

Event description

Employee's fingertip amputated by hydraulic cylinder

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 had finished cutting a board and had his hand on the board to take i t off the miter saw. With his left foot, Employee #1 stepped on the foot pedal t hat activates the hydraulic cylinder to hold the board in place. The hydraulic c ylinder came down on the employee's right middle finger, amputating the fingerti p.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 56 M

    Nature of injury
    1
    Part of body
    10
    Event type
    1
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    733
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    3
    Task assigned
    1

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