Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 136921.015 - Employee amputates finger when brushing wood off running ban

Accident Summary Nr: 136921.015 -- Report ID: 0523900 -- Event Date: 02/08/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1514652.015	02/11/2021		624310	L.E. Phillips Career Development Center

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on February 8, 2021, an employee working for a vocational rehabilitation service was driving a forklift. The employee stopped the forklift to help a coworker operating a bandsaw. The employee brushed wood away from the saw using his right hand without turning off the machine at which time he was struck by the blade. The employee amputated his index finger to the 2nd knuckle and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Clearing, Cutting, Energized, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Knuckle, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Saw, Sawblade, Sawdust, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1514652.015	35	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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