Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127161.015 - Employee amputates three fingertips while cutting scrap boar

Accident Summary Nr: 127161.015 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 06/09/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1479901.015	06/18/2020		444110	E. C. Barton & Company

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on June 9, 2020, an employee working as a salesclerk for a retail home products store was preparing to cut scrap pine boards. The lower guard was missing from the saw causing the employee to strike the sawblade with his left hand. The employee amputated his ring, middle and index fingertips and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Cutting, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Hand Tool, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Partial Amputation, Retail, Retail Clerk, Retail Store, Safety Device, Sawblade, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded, Wood, Wood Board

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1479901.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Sales counter clerks

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