Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139223.015 - Employee lacerates thumb using bandsaw to remove riser

Accident Summary Nr: 139223.015 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 09/07/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1553523.015	09/17/2021		331524	Boose Aluminum Foundry Company, Incorporated

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for an aluminum foundry was using a bandsaw to remove gates and risers. As the employee was cutting one of the risers, he cut his left thumb. The employee was hospitalized to treat a lacerated thumb.

Keywords: Aluminum Processing, Bandsaw, Blade, Cutting, Finger, Foundry, Hand, Hand Tool, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine operator, Metal, Removing, Sawblade, Struck By, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1553523.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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