OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #968578
MARNELL CORRAO ASSOCIATES, INC.
LAS VEGAS, NV·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Amputation (1)
- Part of body
- FINGER(S) (10)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- HAND TOOL (POWERED) (21)
- Occupation
- Carpenters (567)
- Human factor
- SAFETY DEVICES REMOVED/INOPER. (9)
- Environmental factor
- CATCH POINT/PUNCTURE ACTION (2)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.