Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170726335 - Employee's finger severed by radial arm saw

Accident Summary Nr: 170726335 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 06/26/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125645747	03/03/1998	2448	321920	Industrial Pallet

Abstract: Employee #1, a sawman at an industrial manufacturing shop in Union City, CA, was using a DeWalt radial arm saw, serial #5703377, to cut wooden boards when the blade caught his right leather glove and severed his little finger. The cause of the accident was the employer's failure to enforce a safety policy against this practice.

Keywords: CLOTHING, AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CAUGHT BY, SAW

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125645747			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Sawing machine operators

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