Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118145.015 - Employee amputates fingertip after contacting router bit

Accident Summary Nr: 118145.015 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 07/18/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1416828.015	07/19/2019		321999	Rochester Shoe Tree Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on July 18, 2019, an employee was operating a Dewalt DW616 router with a Kreg router table when he struck his left hand against the unguarded router head. The employee amputated his fingertip and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Equipment Operator, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Push Stick, Shear, Sheared, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1416828.015	66	M	Hospitalized injury		Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators

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