Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201793312 - Employee cuts hand when operating radial arm saw

Accident Summary Nr: 201793312 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 09/29/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119829018	10/10/2000	5251	0	Home Depot Store #6673

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on September 29, 2000, the Home Depot, Store Number 6673, employed Employee #1 as a sales associate. The employee was using a Dewalt Model GE, five horsepower, 220/440V, 16-in. radial arm saw, Serial Number 26895, to cut seven pieces of 2-in. by 4-in. lumber for a customer. Employee #1 was standing in front of the saw operating it with his left hand while holding the work piece with his right hand. Not realizing that his right hand was in the saw's path of travel, Employee #1 initiated the saw's operating motion cutting his hand between the middle and index fingers. The laceration extended to the wrist on the top portion of Employee #1's hand and to the mid-palm area on the bottom portion.

Keywords: FINGER, WORK RULES, LACERATION, LUMBER, STRUCK BY, BLADE, UNGUARDED, TABLE SAW

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119829018			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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