OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14454326
IOWA BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
IOWA CITY, IA—
Event description
INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND AMPUTATED BY WOOD SAW
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A COMPONENT SAWING MACHINE WHICH USED THREE SAW BLADES TO CUT 2 X 4 INCH LUMBER TO PRESET LENGTHS AND ANGLES. THE MACHINE USES AN AUTO MATIC FEED SYSTEM FROM THE OPERATOR'S STATION. ONE PIECE OF LUMBER, APPROXIMATEL Y 8 FEET LONG, GOT JAMMED IN THE AUTOMATIC FEED CHAIN. THE EMPLOYER REACHED FOR THE EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, BUT HELD ONTO THE PIECE OF LUMBER WITH HIS LEFT. WHEN THE OPPOSITE END OF THE 2 X 4 CONTACTED THE SAW ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MACHINE, THE LUMBER PIECE JERKED THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND INTO THE FRONT SAW BLADE ON THE WEST END OF THE MACHINE.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 727
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 2
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