OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14451454
FURNITURE WAREHOUSE INC
LAS VEGAS, NV—
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED BY TABLE SAW
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FEEDING A 1"X2" PIECE OF WOOD THROUGH A STANDARD 10" ROTARY TABL E SAW WITH HIS LEFT HAND, HE WAS STAPLING FABRIC TO THE WOOD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND . HE HAD PRIVIOUSLY REMOVED THE BLADE GUARD FROM THE SAW. HE MOMENTARILY LOOKED AWAY FROM HIS LEFT HAND TO OBSERVE HIS RIGHT, IN WHICH HE WAS HOLDING A STAPLE G UN. WHILE HE WAS LOOKING AT HIS RIGHT HAND, THE SECOND AND THIRD FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND WENT THROUGH THE SAW AND WERE SEVERED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 786
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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