Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201083821 - Employee Amputates Three Fingers on His Right Hand

Accident Summary Nr: 201083821 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 09/23/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300804770	04/22/2003	2434	337110	Clovis-Sanger Cabinet Manufacturing

Abstract: At approximately noon on September 23, 2002, an employee of a cabinet shop took a piece of scrap plywood from a pile and used a 10 in. Rollie table saw to cut the plywood into smaller pieces. With the guard in place, he used his right hand to push the material through the saw. He misjudged the clearance of the blade, and amputated three fingers on his right hand. There were no eyewitnesses to the accident.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, ROTATING KNIFE, SAW, BLADE, HAND, TABLE SAW

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300804770			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Cabinet makers and bench carpenters

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