Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142291.015 - Employee suffers hand amputation in circular saw

Accident Summary Nr: 142291.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 12/21/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1570407.015	12/23/2021		321113	Pallet Distributors Inc.

Abstract: At 6:00 a.m. on December 21, 2021, an employee, a laborer, was using a Milwaukee circular saw to cut scrap ends off of boards when he reached to catch an end instead of allowing it to fall to the floor below the transfer table. The circular saw had the appropriate retractable blade guard in place but the guard was disengaged due to the saw cutting through a board. The employee was a new laborer and this was his first day on the job. The employee's hand made contact with the rotating blade, and he was hospitalized to treat a hand amputation.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Circular Saw, Contact, Cutting, Guard, Hand, Inexperience, Reaching, Wood Board

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1570407.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury

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