Struck by running powered equipment irregular movement, kick back · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Yale University, 180 York Street / Architectural, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 06511
on , Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was using a portable table saw to cut wooden strips when a wood strip kicked back, pulling their left hand into the rotating blade. The employee's left index finger and another finger were lacerated, and the ring fingertip was amputated to the joint. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)Stationary saws table