Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170132716 - Employee amputates part of thumb in table saw

Accident Summary Nr: 170132716 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 06/20/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124819962	06/20/1994	3716	0	Country Coach Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, of Country Coach, Inc., was using a table saw to make a 1/2 in. cut of a 2 in. by 44 in. piece of stock. He removed the overhead guard from the saw, and after the cut was made reached for the piece of cut wood. The thumb on his left hand contacted the blade and was amputated at the first knuckle. His left index finger was also lacerated and sustained nerve and tendon damage. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: TENDON, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, THUMB, SAW, LACERATION, BLADE, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124819962			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Cabinet makers and bench carpenters

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