Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129614.015 - Employee amputates fingertip on unguarded table saw blade

Accident Summary Nr: 129614.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 08/10/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1489389.015	08/21/2020		321920	Millwood Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on August 10, 2020, an employee was operating a table saw with blade guard in the up position while cutting plywood when he contacted the rotating blade. The employee amputated his fingertip, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Contact, Cutting, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Plywood, Rotating Parts, Saw, Sheared, Struck Against, Struck By, Table Saw, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1489389.015	49	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators

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