Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 760827 - Employee's hands amputated by tenon machine

Accident Summary Nr: 760827 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 03/11/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18487199	03/19/1991	2511	0	Thomasville Furniture Ind., Lenoir Plant

Abstract: Employee #1 was feeding drawer bottom stock into a tenon machine when his hand was caught in the feed chain. Both of the employee's hands were pulled into the machine saw blade and amputated. The safety switch on the feed chain had been flipped out of position and rendered inoperable.

Keywords: CHAIN, AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, SAW, BLADE, HAND, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18487199			Fatality	Amputation	Miscellaneous precision woodworkers

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