Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201501749 - Employee amputates three fingers using a table saw

Accident Summary Nr: 201501749 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 02/08/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125632307	02/10/2000	1741	0	Walters & Wolf Precast

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on February 8, 2000, Employee #1 was ripping strips of 8-ft-long plywood using a Rockwell industrial table saw. The saw blade was adjusted 2 inches above the table and 1.25 inches above the material and was not equipped with the factory guard, spreader and anti-kickback device. He cut the ply wood several times length wise making 5.25 inch wide strips. He was in the final process of cutting the material into 5.25 inch strips. He was holding the material against the fence with his left hand and pushing the material past the blade with his right without a push stick. His left hand contacted the unguarded saw blade amputating three fingers and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, PPE, FINGER, GUARD, ROTATING KNIFE, SAW, UNGUARDED, TABLE SAW

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$20,000,000 and over	40	87

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125632307			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Other

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