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Accident Summary Nr: 689596 - HAND CAUGHT IN HOLD-DOWN, CUT OFF BY PANEL SAW BLADE

Accident Summary Nr: 689596 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 06/13/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14918866	06/17/1985	2434	0	Merillat Industries Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD BEEN ON THE JOB ONLY THREE WEEKS, WAS OPERATING A PANEL "CAIN" SAW. HE WAS FEEDING STOCK INTO THE SAW WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND OPERATING THE CONTROL BUTTONS WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. AS IT WAS 10 MINUTES TILL QUITTING TIME, HE WAS IN A HURRY TO FINISH HIS WORK. HE SLID HIS HAND IN UNDER THE PANEL SAW AS HE WAS ALIGNING SOME BOARDS. AT THE SAME TIME HE PUSHED THE HOLD DOWN BUTTON WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. AS A RESULT HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT AND PINNED BY THE HOLD-DOWN. HE WAS UNAWARE, AS WERE THE OTHER EMPLOYEES AROUND HIM, THAT HE COULD STOP THE ENTIRE MECHANISM BY MERELY PULLING THE EMERGENCY CORD. HIS HAND WAS AMPUTATED BY THE SAW BLADE.

Keywords: HOLD-DOWN CLAMP, AMPUTATED, SAW, INEXPERIENCE, BLADE, HAND, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14918866			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators

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