Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201158698 - Employee's Fingers Are Amputated by Radial Saw

Accident Summary Nr: 201158698 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 04/16/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307452813	04/27/2004	2451	321991	Fleetwood Homes Of California

Abstract: At approximately 8:15 a.m. on April 16, 2004, Employee #1 was working at a manufactured home manufacturer, cutting a notch in a small section of wooden trim strip to be used as a piece of the exterior trim for application on a manufactured home, when his right hand contacted the rotating or operating 10-in. blade of a DeWalt radial saw. Employee #1 was notching the section of 1-in. by 3-in. by 8-ft wood trim by "ripping" the selected strip versus the standard crosscut method. He sustained the amputation of two digits of his right middle and ring finger and a longitudinal amputation of bone along the length of his right thumb.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, THUMB, CIRCULAR SAW, SAW, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307452813			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Sawing machine operators

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