Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201180254 - Employee's fingers amputated while using a shaper

Accident Summary Nr: 201180254 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 12/08/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125496067	12/10/1999	1741	0	Plant Construction

Abstract: At approximately 8:15 a.m. on December 7, 1999, Employee #1, a cabinet maker, was assigned by his supervisor to shape an elliptical piece of molding on a Schneider Shaper, Model Number 6239, Type FCT-8. Apparently what happened was that as he was shaping (cutting) the molding it kicked back causing his left hand to go into the blade. The blade severely cut his left hand's index, middle, and little fingers. He was hospitalized. Employee #1 stated that at the time of the accident there was no guard on the shaper.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GUARD, BLADE, HAND, UNGUARDED, CUTTING AND BURNING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other		Under $50,000	1	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125496067			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous precision woodworkers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Other

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