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Accident Summary Nr: 144080.015 - Employee amputates three fingers while operating unguarded p

Accident Summary Nr: 144080.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 01/15/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1580425.015	02/25/2022		337110	Master Woodcraft Cabinetry, Llc

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on January 15, 2022, an employee reached into a Holzma CNC Panel Cutting Saw to pull out scrap material when the saw unexpectedly activated. The employee amputated three left hand fingers as a result. His index finger was lacerated behind the nail and his middle and ring fingers were lacerated straight across. The safety guard was broken and/or missing on the saw. The employee required hospitalization to treat his injuries.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Cutting, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Finger, Guard, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Panel, Saw, Sawblade, Sheared, Struck By, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1580425.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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