OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #829598

AMPUTATED,FINGER,SLIP,STRUCK AGAINST,SAW,LACERATION,BLADE,UNGUARDED

1988-06-21T00:00:00

Event: AMPUTATED,FINGER,SLIP,STRUCK AGAINST,SAW,LACERATION,BLADE,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 829598
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee's fingers amputated and lacerated by dado blade

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was using the dado blade on a Delta Rockwell unisaw to cut a hole in a door for a flush bolt. When his right hand slipped into the unguarded dado bl ade his index finger was amputated above the first knuckle and his thumb and mid dle fingers were lacerated.. There was no guard of any sort for the dado blade.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
6

Source
26

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
3

Task assigned
1

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