Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122557.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while using table saw

Accident Summary Nr: 122557.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 12/06/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1451568.015	12/17/2019		236115	Greater Des Moines Habitat For Humanity

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on December 6, 2019, an employee was using a DeWalt jobsite table saw (DWE7491RS) to rip a board. As the employee fed the board, the employee reached behind the board and his left index finger contacted an unguarded rotating sawblade. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Cutting, Fingertip, Reaching, Rotating Parts, Sawblade, Table Saw, Unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1451568.015	84	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause:

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