Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201035425 - Employee amputates finger when hand slips into cutter

Accident Summary Nr: 201035425 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 11/07/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305474678	12/01/2003	2499	321999	Enkeboll Designs

Abstract: At about 9:20 a.m. on November 7, 2003, Employee #1, a woodworker from Enkeboll Designs in Carson, California, was working in the wood shop. He was shaping a block of wood without a push stick. Employee #1's gloved hand slipped into the unguarded cutter blades of a Newman 60 Jointer, (Series Number 9567), and his glove was caught in the cutter. Employee #1 sustained loss of tissue and the fingernail on his left ring finger. Employee #1 was transported to the Industrial Medical Clinic and later in the day his finger was amputated at the first digit.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, BLOCKS, FINGER, GLOVE, WORK RULES, SLIP, CAUGHT BY, CAUGHT BETWEEN, BLADE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305474678			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Shaping and joining machine operators

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