Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202491999 - Employee Amputates Thumb While Operating Band Saw

Accident Summary Nr: 202491999 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 03/28/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314568734	05/12/2011	3541	333512	Woodside Investments Inc, Dba Michael & Company

Abstract: At approximately 9:45 a.m. on March 28, 2011, Employee #1 was operating a Spartan automatic horizontal band saw to cut a long metal tube into 60 in. sections. He did not appropriately adjust the blade guard before he started. Employee #1 was also in a hurry to get the material packaged for shipment, so he took the pipe immediately from the machine after it was cut. However, the saw started cutting the next pipe. As Employee #1 retrieved the first pipe, his thumb contacted the saw blade and was amputated. He was transported to a medical center, where he was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, BANDSAW, THUMB, SAW, BLADE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314568734			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Misc. metal & plastic processing machine operators

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