Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170701312 - Employee's thumb tip amputated in table saw

Accident Summary Nr: 170701312 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 01/13/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125911081	01/20/1998	8221	0	Uc Irvine

Abstract: Employee #1, a senior development engineer in charge of the civil engineering structural area at UCI, was using an unguarded table saw to cut a piece of 2 in. by 12 in. redwood. He was pulling his arm back after completing the cut when his gloved right hand contacted the rotating saw blade, amputating his thumb below the nail. The table saw was not guarded.

Keywords: CLOTHING, AMPUTATED, GLOVE, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, THUMB, SAW, UNGUARDED, TABLE SAW

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125911081			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Civil engineers

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