Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120174.015 - Employee amputates index finger when caught by sawblade

Accident Summary Nr: 120174.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 09/19/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1433502.015	09/25/2019		423510	Benjamin Steel Company

Abstract: At 9:05 a.m. on September 19, 2019, an employee was operating an unguarded HFA-40W AMADA horizontal metal cutting band saw. The band saw unequipped with a guard, a floor scanner, or safety light curtains. A metal round rolled under the blade and the employee reached to recover the round. The sawblade caught his left index finger, resulting in lacerations and a traumatic amputation of his left index finger. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Caught By, Finger, Laceration, Sawblade, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1433502.015	42	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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