Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121938.015 - Employee's left index finger is amputated on table saw

Accident Summary Nr: 121938.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 11/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1446952.015	11/21/2019		488490	Estes Express Lines Corp.

Abstract: On October 28, 2019, an employee was working as an automotive maintenance technician for a freight trucking transportation provider that operated nationwide. He was running a Dayton 10 in. (254 mm) contractor table saw to cut a rubber mud flap. The mud flap got stuck on the saw blade, and the tip of the employee's left index finger was amputated. He was hospitalized. The employer reported the incident to OSHA at 11:30 a.m. on November 14, 2019. The fleet manager noted that the saw blade guard was not on the table saw at the time of the incident, because the plastic mud flap would get stuck on the guard and kick back sometimes.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Automotive Repair, Elderly, Finger, Instantaneous amputation, Kick Back, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Mechanic, Reporting, Sawblade, Sawyer, Struck Against, Struck By, Table Saw, Transportation, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1446952.015	65	M	Hospitalized injury		Automobile mechanic apprentices

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