Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139941.015 - Employee amputates fingertip when saw cuts into mesh glove

Accident Summary Nr: 139941.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 10/01/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1556712.015	10/05/2021		337121	United Furniture Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on October 1, 2021, an employee working in production for a furniture manufacturer was operating a portable 10-inch Wolf fabric electric circular cutter. The employee cut her hand when the sawblade sliced through her metal mesh glove. The employee amputated her left index fingertip and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Circular Saw, Cutting, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Glove, Hand Tool, Instantaneous amputation, Material Handling, PPE, Partial Amputation, Saw, Sawblade, Struck Against, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1556712.015	39	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Patternmakers, lay-out workers, and cutters

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