Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 970863 - Employee's thumb amputated in chop saw

Accident Summary Nr: 970863 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 02/13/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102085099	02/13/1986	2434	0	Fashion Cabinet & Mfg
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105626014	05/04/1989	2434	0	Fashion Cabinet & Mfg
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102090487	07/02/1986	2434	0	Fashion Cabinet & Mfg

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a chop saw, model 200, serial #79547. The pneumatic automatic return had malfunctioned a few times that morning. At about 11:00 a.m., the return malfunctioned again. Employee #1 was adjusting the air control valve under the table to make the chop saw return to the up position when he noticed an 8 in. long piece of wood next to the blade straddling the scrap/sawdust chute. Without shutting off the saw, Employee #1 reached up the chute about 18 in. As he was pulling out the piece of wood, it caught the blade and pulled his hand into the blade, amputating his right thumb just below the first joint. The thumb was surgically reattached.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, THUMB, LOCKOUT, SAW, BLADE, HAND, MECH MALFUNCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102085099			Occupation Not Listed
2	105626014	Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Sawing machine operators
3	102090487			Occupation Not Listed

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