Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 708016 - EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AMPUTATED BY RADIAL ARM SAW

Accident Summary Nr: 708016 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 07/12/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102038023	07/29/1986	2448	0	Allied Packaging Associates Inc

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 PM ON JULY 12, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CUTTING WOODEN STRIPS INTO 22 3/4 INCH LENGTHS. WHILE HE WAS CUTTING A STRIP HE LOOKED AWAY TO CHECK HIS MEASUREMENTS. WHILE HIS ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED, THE SAW BLADE CUT THROUGH THE STRIP OF WOOD AND INTO EMPLOYEE #1'S FINGER. HIS FINGERTIP WAS AMPUTATED.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, SAW, LACERATION, BLADE, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102038023			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous precision woodworkers

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