Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139226.015 - Employee amputates two fingers when struck by rotating saw b

Accident Summary Nr: 139226.015 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 09/07/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1553559.015	09/07/2021	3792	336214	317729232 - Outdoors Rv Manufacturing Inc

Abstract: At 6:25 a.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for an RV manufacturer was using a panel saw. The employee was operating the saw in the top position with the saw still running when he reached up to move the panel being cut. The employee caught his right-hand glove in the rotating blade pulling his hand into the blade. The employee was transported to the local hospital and then transferred by life flight to a major medical center. The employee was hospitalized to treat amputated middle and index fingers.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Automobile, Caught By, Caught In, Circular Saw, Cutting, Finger, Glove, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Panel, Reach, Rotating Parts, Saw, Sawblade, Struck Against, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1553559.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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