Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128576.015 - Employee partially amputates three fingers while using table

Accident Summary Nr: 128576.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 08/10/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1487623.015	08/13/2020		238330	Wicks Wood Floors, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on August 10, 2020, an employee working in the construction trades for a flooring contractor was preparing to cut a piece of hardwood flooring for installation in a residence. The employee was operating a DeWalt Model DW745 Table Saw to make rip cuts in the flooring. The employee was making the first cut pushing the wood into the saw with his right hand while using his left hand to guide the cut pieces of wood exiting the guarded blade area. The wood kicked back during this first cut causing the employee's left hand to be pulled under the guard. Three fingers on his hand contacted the rotating sawblade. The saw was not equipped with a blade guard and non-kickback fingers. The employee partially amputated three fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Construction, Cutting, Finger, Fingertip, Flooring , Hand, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pulled In, Residential Construction, Rip, Sawblade, Shear, Sheared, Table Saw, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1487623.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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