Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144107.015 - Employee amputates thumb while unintentionally actuating jum

Accident Summary Nr: 144107.015 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 09/14/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1568805.015	09/21/2021	2421	321918	317729292 - Bright Wood Corporation

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on September 14, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a mill was walking back to her workstation. She placed her hand under a chop saw (jump saw) when she unintentionally pressed the knee actuated button. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated right thumb.

Keywords: Activated, Actuated, Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Chop Saw, Engineering Controls, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Pinch Point, Pinched, Saw, Sawblade, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1568805.015	40	F	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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