Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133447.015 - Employee amputates thumb tip when glove is pulled into saw

Accident Summary Nr: 133447.015 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 02/10/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1515637.015	02/18/2021		333131	Munson Machinery Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. on February 10, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a machinery manufacturer was sawing a 2 by 4 while ripping slats. The employee was using a Ridgid Model R4512 Rable Saw (SN: EM1546D0181563) without the guard in place. The employee's glove became caught in the blade pulling his hand into the sawblade. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated right thumb tip to the nail bed.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Cutting, Finger, Fingertip, Glove, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pulled In, Radial Saw, Rip, Sawblade, Sheared, Struck By, Table Saw, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Wood, Wood Board

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1515637.015	53	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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