OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456495
ABLE TRUE VALUE
ROY, UT—
Event description
THUMB AMPUTATED BY RADIAL ARM SAW
Investigation abstract
ON JULY 26, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 PM EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF BO ARD FOR A CUSTOMER ON THE RADIAL ARM SAW LOCATED IN THE YARD AREA OF THE BUSINES S. WHILE CUTTING, THE WOOD SLIPPED AND PULLED EMPLOYEE #1'S HAND INTO THE SAW, R ESULTING IN THE AMPUTATION OF HIS THUMB.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 268
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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