Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129555.015 - Employee amputates thumb and lacerates index finger on still

Accident Summary Nr: 129555.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 09/14/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1493143.015	09/17/2020		321920	Denver Reel And Pallet Company

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on September 14, 2020, an employee working as an assembler for a pallet manufacturer was cutting framing stakes on a guarded horizontal fabricated saw. The employee turned off electrical power to sawblade before reaching into the blade area to clean out debris. The employee was wearing a glove which was caught by the saw blade. The employee made contact with the blade while it was still spinning. The employee partially amputated his right thumb and lacerated his index finger and palm and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Assembling, Caught By, Cutting, Equipment Operator, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Saw, Sawblade, Shear, Sheared, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1493143.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Assemblers

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