Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143571.015 - Employee amputates fingertip on unguarded metal cutting saw

Accident Summary Nr: 143571.015 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 01/19/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1573847.015	01/21/2022		332510	R & B Wagner, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on January 19, 2022, an employee was cutting metal elbows on a Kaltenbach Saw. The clamp on the saw blade was unguarded when the saw cycled while the employee had her right hand in the point of operation. The employee amputated her fingertip and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bypass, Bypass Guard, Catch Point, Caught In, Clamp, Cutting, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Hand, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Safety Device, Saw, Sawblade, Struck By, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1573847.015	60	F	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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