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Accident Summary Nr: 691097 - AMPUTATED RIGHT HAND ON RADIAL ARM SAW

Accident Summary Nr: 691097 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 04/05/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3265907	04/07/1986	5211	0	Butterfield Building Supply

Abstract: AT APPROXIATELY 10 AM ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 5, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 AMPUTATED HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE MAKING A TEST CUT TO INSURE THAT THE RADIAL ARM SAW WAS PROPERLY SET UP TO PERFORM A JOB. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERS FROM EPILEPTIC SEIZURES, AND, IN FACT, HAD SUFFERED A SEIZURE EARLIER IN THE DAY. MANAGEMENT WAS AWARE OF HIS CONDITION AND HAD FORBIDDEN EMPLOYEE #1 TO OPERATE ANY OF THE COMPANY'S SAWS. HE HAD HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN 1985 WHICH RESULTED IN A CUT TO THE INDEX FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SETTING UP THE SAW, WHICH WAS TO BE OPERATED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, SEIZURE, SAW, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3265907			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Sawing machine operators

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