OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #968578
AMPUTATED,FINGER,CONSTRUCTION,SAW,BLADE,UNGUARDED,TABLE SAW
Event description
Employee's fingers amputated by unguarded table saw
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:30 p.m. on April 18, 1989, Employee #1 was cutting plywood in to blocks and then putting an 18 degree angle on them using an unguarded Rockwel l Unisaw, model #34-466, table saw. When making angle cuts, Employee #1's right hand struck the exposed blade. Three fingers were amputated, but, except for the tip of the little finger, they were successfully reattached. Employee #1's work area was at the northeast side of the site. The weather was nice and no obvious distractions were noted.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 2
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