Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170181523 - EMPLOYEE AMPUTATED FINGERS ON PORTABLE POWER SAW

Accident Summary Nr: 170181523 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 03/25/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112021761	04/03/1992	5063	0	California Landscape Lighting

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 P.M. ON MARCH 25, 1992, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN THE WAREHOUSE WORKSHOP CONSTRUCTING DISPLAY UNITS. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD PLACED THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE DISPLAY UNIT ON A DESK TOP AND PLACED THE 18-INCH BY 30-INCH PIECE OF PLYWOOD, WITH A BOARD CLAMPED TO IT FOR A GUIDE, ON TOP OF THE UNIT. EMPLOYEE #1 INTENDED TO CUT A 1/16-INCH TO 1/8-INCH PIECE OFF. THE EMPLOYEE INDICATES HE WAS HOLDING THE MIKATA PORTABLE CIRCULAR SAW IN HIS RIGHT HAND AND HIS LEFT HAND WAS ON TOP OF THE PIECE, WHEN HE BEGAN TO CUT. EMPLOYEE #1'S LEFT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE BLADE. EMPLOYEE #1 DOES NOT RECALL HOW THIS HAPPENED. EMPLOYEE #1'S LEFT MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS WERE AMPUTATED TO THE SECOND JOINT, AND THE LITTLE FINGER WAS DEEPLY CUT. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR SURGERY FROM MARCH 25 TO APRIL 1, 1992.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, CIRCULAR SAW, WOOD PANEL, LACERATION, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112021761			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks

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