OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14463855
LYON CHISHOLM LUMBER & SUPPLY CO INC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN—
Event description
FINGER AMPUTATED BY TABLE SAW BLADE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 PUSHED A PIECE OF TRIM MATERIAL (WOOD), WHICH WAS 1 INCH BY 1 1/2 IN CH BY 1 FOOT LONG, THROUGHT A TABLE SAW, USING A PUSH BLOCK. AFTER THE CUT WAS M ADE THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO RETRIEVE THE WORK BY REACHING AROUND THE BLADE. AP PARENTLY HIS LEFT RING AND INDEX FINGERS CONTACTED THE BLADE WHEN HE REACHED ARO UND IT. THE RING FINGER WAS AMPUTATED AT THE FIRST JOINT AND THE INDEX FINGER SE VERELY LACERATED. THE BLADE WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A GUARD; NOR WAS THERE AN ANTI -KICK BACK DEVICE PRESENT.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 727
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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