Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201111515 - Employee injured when fingers cut by saw

Accident Summary Nr: 201111515 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 11/05/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126024686	11/20/1998	3949	0	Fitness Products International

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 p.m. on November 5, 1998, Employee #1, a machinist, was operating a bandsaw to cut 3-ft lengths from 2-in. by 4-in. metal tube stock in the pre-fabrication department. Four pieces of the tube stock were on the feed table being cut. While cleaning cutting liquid from the cut sections with a cloth rag, it was caught by the moving saw blade. Employee #1's right hand was pulled into the saw blade. The moving saw blade partially amputated the index and middle fingers of his right hand. Employee #1 was hospitalized overnight.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, BANDSAW, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, SAW

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126024686			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's

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