OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970863
FASHION CABINET & MFG
WEST JORDAN, UT·
Event description
Employee's thumb amputated in chop saw
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a chop saw, model 200, serial #79547. The pneumatic au tomatic return had malfunctioned a few times that morning. At about 11:00 a.m., the return malfunctioned again. Employee #1 was adjusting the air control valve under the table to make the chop saw return to the up position when he noticed a n 8 in. long piece of wood next to the blade straddling the scrap/sawdust chute. Without shutting off the saw, Employee #1 reached up the chute about 18 in. As he was pulling out the piece of wood, it caught the blade and pulled his hand in to the blade, amputating his right thumb just below the first joint. The thumb w as surgically reattached.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 727
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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