Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202491783 - Prisoner Amputates Finger Working with Ungaurded Table Saw

Accident Summary Nr: 202491783 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 06/08/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125827618	07/07/2011	9223	922140	Cal Fire - Devil Garden Conservation Camp

Abstract: On June 8, 2011, Employee #1, a 56-year-old male inmate at the State of California Conservation Camp run jointly by the Department of Corrections and Cal Fire, was working in the wood shop. Employee #1 was using a table saw to build a sign. The table saw was equipped with two guards covering the saw blade, however the guards were removed. Employee #1 was making a rabbeting cut, when his left middle finger tip was amputated when the piece of wood being cut kicked back drawing Employee #1's finger across the blade. Employee #1 was hospitalized as a result of this amputation event.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, SAW, LACERATION, UNTRAINED, UNGUARDED, TABLE SAW

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125827618			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Carpenters

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