Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142939.015 - Employee Lacerates Thumb While Adjusting Table Saw

Accident Summary Nr: 142939.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 10/12/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1558856.015	10/19/2021		333318	Hepa Corporation

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on October 12, 2021, an employee was changing blades and making adjustments on a PowerMatic, Model Number 66, Serial Number 91661419 table saw in a wood shop area of an air filter manufacturing facility. The employee was changing the blades from an aluminum cutting blade to one for Masonite engineered wood. When the employee started adjusting the fence of the table saw, he accidentally contacted the running blade and suffered a laceration to the thumb of his left hand. The employee required medical treatment but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Carpenter, Electric Saw, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Saw, Sawblade, Table Saw, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1558856.015	63	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks

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