Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102259.015 - Employee amputates finger in router blade and lacerates two

Accident Summary Nr: 102259.015 -- Report ID: 0523900 -- Event Date: 09/14/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1288090.015	01/16/2018		321999	Beaver Holdings, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on September 14, 2017, an employee was using a router table equipped with a slitter type cutter to cut slits into wooden cabinet door styles and rails in the door cell department. The employee left the router running while wiping wood dust off of the off-feed side of the router table with his hand and hit the router cutter, amputating the first joint of the employee's left ring finger and lacerated the fingernail on his left middle finger and index finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Finger, Saw, Slitter

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1288090.015	46	M	Hospitalized injury		Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators

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