Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201622818 - Employee's Hand Is Injured by Router

Accident Summary Nr: 201622818 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 09/09/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313544223	09/02/2009	2511	337122	Bentwood Furniture Llc

Abstract: On September 9, 2009, Employee #1 was setting up a production run on a C-N-C Shoda router. He locked in a wood blank into the hold down jig and started the measurement scribe cycle of the computer guided router. Employee #1 stopped the router head in mid-cycle to take a measurement. His hand and fingers were lacerated when they made contact with the spinning router bit. He was hospitalized for treatment of his lacerations.

Keywords: FINGER, WORK RULES, MACHINE OPERATOR, SAW, LACERATION, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313544223			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Miscellaneous precision woodworkers

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