Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135619.015 - Employee amputates two fingers while cutting wood with table

Accident Summary Nr: 135619.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 05/10/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1531123.015	05/17/2021		423310	Dooge Veneers Inc.

Abstract: At 4:20 p.m. on May 10, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a wood products wholesaler was operating a Samco Model # SC/3 Mini Max Table Saw. The employee was ripping a wood plank workpiece when his hand contacted the sawblade. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for amputations to his index and pinky fingers and deeply lacerated his ring finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Contact, Cutting, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Rip, Saw, Sawblade, Shear, Sheared, Shearing Machine, Struck By, Table Saw, Traumatic Amputation, Wood, Wood Board

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1531123.015	31	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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