Inspection Detail

Inspection: 120172390 - Feather River Industries

Inspection Information - Office: Redding District Office

Investigation Summary

At 2:00 p.m. on June 21, 1996, Employee #1, was in the workshop of her employer, who trained and employed handicapped people. She was using a Sentauro 30 in. bandsaw, model 800, to cut approximately 30 in. long, 7 to 10 in. diameter cedar logs into 11 in. long sections prior to their being split in half. Employee #1 was standing behind the bandsaw when her right thumb contacted the blade. She suffered a cut through the bone below the main base knuckle (the palm pad proximal metatarsal). No logs were being cut at the time of the accident. Employee #1, a handicapped client of the employer, later said that she was waiting for a log and that she was probably not paying attention.

Keywords: BANDSAW, STRUCK AGAINST, THUMB, SAW, LACERATION, INATTENTION