Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123280.015 - Employee amputates thumb on bandsaw

Accident Summary Nr: 123280.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 10/18/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1448370.015	01/21/2020		811121	Freedom Motors Usa Inc.

Abstract: At 7:40 p.m. on October 18, 2019, an employee was feeding 2x2 stock metal into a Kalamazoo horizontal bandsaw when he placed his hand under the saw blade without pushing the e-stop to stop the blade. The employee was not using the handle to lift cutting head when his hand slipped and contacted the moving blade. The employee suffered an amputation of his right thumb above the first knuckle and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Contact, Cutting, Metal, Sawblade, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1448370.015	51	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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