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Accident Summary Nr: 130715.015 - Employee partially amputates thumb while cutting wood with s

Accident Summary Nr: 130715.015 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 10/19/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1499758.015	10/28/2020		336310	Kelvion, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on October 19, 2020, an employee working for a motor vehicle engine manufacturer was operating a Tipton Iron Works swing cutoff saw. The employee was cutting 2-inch by 4-inch pieces of wood in order to build a crate when he struck his left hand against the sawblade. The employee partially amputated his thumb and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Crate, Cutting, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Partial Amputation, Saw, Sawblade, Shear, Sheared, Struck By, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Wood, Wood Board, Wrong Equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1499758.015	99	M	Hospitalized injury

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