OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14235949
NEVADA STATE MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY
LAS VEGAS, NV—
Event description
FINGER AMPUTATED BY TABLE SAW
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND THE SHOP FOREMAN (EMPLOYEE #2) WERE SAWING A SHEET OF PLYWOOD. E MPLOYEE #2 WAS FEEDING THE PLYWOOD THROUGH THE SAW AND EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CATCHING IT. EMPLOYEE #2 HAD REMOVED THE GUARD FROM THE SAW, WHICH WAS A STANDARD FLOOR M OUNTED TABLE SAW WITH A 10" BLADE. THE CUT HAD BEEN MADE AND THE SAW WAS TURNED OFF BY EMPLOYEE #2. HOWEVER, THE BLADE WAS STILL IN MOTION AND EMPLOYEE #1'S RIG HT HAND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE SPINNING BLADE, SEVERING THE RIGHT INDEX FING ER AND CAUSING SEVERE LACERATIONS TO VARIOUS PARTS OF THE HAND.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 235
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 2
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