Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201074721 - Employee's Finger Tip Is Amputated in Wood Shaper

Accident Summary Nr: 201074721 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 08/31/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312679913	10/05/2009	3949	339920	Burleigh Point Ltd Dba Sector 9

Abstract: At approximately 12:15 p.m. on August 31, 2009, Employee #1 was edging a skate board blank on a Powermatic Model Number 27 wood shaper, Serial Number 9227015. The shaper was guarded using the manufacturer's guards. The coworker, a shaper operator, had been training Employee #1 for approximately two weeks. The shaper bit grabbed the skate board blank pulling Employee #1's left hand into the shaper's turning cutter bit. He suffered severe lacerations to the left index finger which resulted in the amputation of the fingertip. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, CAUGHT BY, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, WOOD SHAPER, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312679913			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous precision woodworkers

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