OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223978
POWER FENCE COMPANY OF ROANOKE INC
ROANOKE, VA—
Event description
EMPLOYEE SEVERS HAND WHILE CUTTING END OF FENCE BOARDS
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:30 a.m. on February 22, 1985, Employee #1 was cutting the poi nts on the end of fence boards. He used a picket pointer, which consisted of fou r knives. Each knife was six inches long. As the knife cutting head swung outwar d, a knot or something became stuck causing the post to jump. This caused Employ ee #1 to slip his hand into the cutting knives. As a result, his right hand was severed.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 717
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 2
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