Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201483013 - Employee Suffers Amputation Using Band Saw

Accident Summary Nr: 201483013 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 04/10/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125839548	05/15/2000	1799	0	N.C.I. Building Systems, Lp

Abstract: Employee #1 had just been trained on the DoAll C916M band saw. Employee #1 was assigned to cut "Z-shape" metal parts with the band saw. The piece of metal was 10 in. wide. Employee #1 had just started the cut and the coolant was accumulating on the material. Employee #1 reached into the saw near the blade to move the coolant away. Employee #1's hand struck the moving blade and suffered the amputation of a finger. Employee #1 was wearing gloves at the time of the accident, but it is not certain that the wearing of the glove played a part in the accident. The employer's policy is to wear gloves at all times when material handling, but the manufacturer has a warning not to wear gloves while operating the saw. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, BANDSAW, FINGER, GLOVE, BLADE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125839548			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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