Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 145487.015 - Employee amputates fingertip on wet tile saw

Accident Summary Nr: 145487.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 11/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1565516.015	11/18/2021		327991	Xing Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on November 15, 2021, an employee, a stone fabricator, was performing a straight cut on stone with a DeWalt D24000 wet tile saw. The employee was pushing the cutting cart and stone into the cutting wheel of the wet tile saw. The cutting wheel was momentarily jammed when the cutting wheel caught on the stone. When the jam immediately cleared, the employee's left index and middle finger were pulled into the spinning segmented cutting wheel. The employee sustained an index fingertip amputation and a laceration to his middle finger and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Cutting, Finger, Fingertip, Jammed, Laceration, Machine operator, Pulled In, Saw

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1565516.015	41	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's

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