Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202492781 - Worker Amputates Thumb While Using Hand Held Table Saw

Accident Summary Nr: 202492781 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 12/29/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314575168	01/10/2012	2426	337215	Stanford Furniture Mfg, Inc

Abstract: On December 29, 2011, Employee #1, a 29-year-old male with Stanford Furniture Mfg Inc., of Sacramento, was operating a Sears brand hand-fed table saw in the rear of facility. Employee #1 was ripping about two-inches off one end of pine boards, and the board momentarily paused close to the end of the cut and then went forward. As the board moved forward, Employee #1's left thumb, contacted the revolving blade and was amputated. Coworkers took Employee #1 to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento along with the amputated thumb and he was later transferred to California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. The thumb was reattached and Employee #1 spent approximately eight days in the hospital. The reattachment procedure was not successful, and Employee #1 returned to the hospital as an out-patient so that the thumb could be amputated.

Keywords: PORTABLE POWER TOOL, AMPUTATED, THUMB, SAW, LACERATION, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314575168			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Sawing machine operators

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