OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14455760
COMMERCIAL INTERIORS INC
MIDVALE, UT—
Event description
FINGERTIPS SEVERED BY WOOD SHAPER MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PUTTING A PRACTICE PIECE OF PARTICLE BOARD (APPROXIMATELY 16 INC HES BY 12 INCHES) THROUGH AN OLIVER WOOD SHAPER, SERIAL NUMBER 250393, USING A T ONGUE AND GROOVE BLADE. THE EMPLOYEE LOOKED AWAY FROM HIS WORK MOMENTARILY AND M OVED HIS LEFT HAND INTO THE ROTATING BLADE. THE TIPS OF THE THIRD AND RING FINGE RS WERE SEVERED JUST BELOW THE FINGERNAILS BUT ABOVE THE FIRST JOINT. THE WOOD S HAPER WAS ADEQUATELY GUARDED.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 728
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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