Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201119112 - Employee Amputates His Finger On Radial Saw
Accident: 201119112 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 12/23/2004 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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300828571 | 01/14/2005 | 1522 | P V Framing | ||||
At approximately 8:15 a.m. on December 23, 2004, Employee #1, a saw operator, was performing regularly assigned task of sawing wood. He was holding a 2-in. by 4-in. board on a radial arm saw which he stated was a table saw. Employee #1 states that his hand slipped due to the wood being damp and his left hand contacted the saw blade. A hood guard was installed on the saw. Employee #1 suffered an amputation of his third finger on his left hand. | |||||||
Keywords:
amputated, finger, rotating knife, struck against, circular saw, saw, caught between, struck by, nip point
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Multi-family dwelling | New project or new addition | $5,000,000 to $20,000,000 | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 300828571 | Non Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Sawing machine operators | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause: Other |