Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120576.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while feeding wood into table s

Accident Summary Nr: 120576.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 10/04/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1436783.015	10/09/2019		452112	Dirt Cheap, Llc

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on October 4, 2019, an employee was working in a department store using a Powermatic 2000 table saw with a missing hood. The employee had been pulling wood from the other end of the saw when he switched sides and began to feed wood into the saw. At the same time, a coworker was pulling the wood from the other end. As the employee went to feed the wood into the saw, it kicked and he caught his finger on the blade. The employee amputated his left middle fingertip and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Caught By, Cutting, Department Store, Finger, Fingertip, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Kick Back, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pulled In, Saw, Sawblade, Struck By, Table Saw, Traumatic Amputation, Wood Board

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1436783.015	23	M	Hospitalized injury		Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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