OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #971036
AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,SAW,BLADE,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee's four fingers amputated in chop saw
Investigation abstract
At 8:20 on June 16, 1988, Employee #1 lifted the guard to thread a new line of p ipe into a chop saw and actuated the saw, but, because the guard was left up, th e saw did not make a complete cut from the bottom of the pipe in an up stroke. T hinking he could push down on the top of the pipe to get a clean cut directly ov er the saw blade, Employee #1 placed his left hand under the guard and pushed hi s own hand into the saw, amputating four fingers. Employee #1 was rushed to the hospital with his fingers. Although he had been at this job for only one month, he had been trained.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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