Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201103744 - Employe amputates finger while using band saw

Accident Summary Nr: 201103744 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 02/04/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120143680	05/16/2003	7361	561320	Labor Connection

Abstract: At approximately 11:25 a.m. on February 4, 2003, an employee running a horizontal band saw in automatic mode was cutting sections of metal pipe for handrails. While cutting, the employee reached into an area of the saw blade that was not guarded encountered the running blade amputating the employee's fingertip. The employee was taken the hospital and later released.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, BANDSAW, FINGER, GUARD, SAW, HANDRAIL, LACERATION, PIPE, BLADE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120143680			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Hand grinding and polishing occupations

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