Accident Report Detail

Accident: 200921625 - Employee Suffers Severed Hand

**Accident: 200921625 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 10/04/2004**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
308366319	11/03/2004	2434	Cabinets By Design, Inc.

At approximately 3:00 p.m. on October 4, 2004, Employee #1 was using compressed air to clear wood dust off an edgebander while an attached dust collector to the machine was turned on. During this operation, Employee #1 claims that he tripped and tried to hold the fall with his hands, placing one of his hands near the dust collector intake port. His hand was suctioned inside the rotating fan of the dust collector, suffering a severed left hand at the wrist. The employer claims that Employee #1 had removed the protective guard in order to clean the dust collector.

Keywords: severed, dust, fan blade, dust collector, hand

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	308366319			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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