OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14463939
SIMS CABINET CO INC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN—
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED BY UNGUARDED CIRCULAR RIPSAW BLADE
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 9,1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 9 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PUSHING 3/4 INCH THICK PINEWOOD STOCK THRUGH THE SAW BLADE OF A AMERICAN SAW MILL HANDFED CIRCULAR RIP SAW. THE SAW BLADE WAS UNGUARDED. THE STOCK BECAME CAUGHT ON THE THROAT PLATE BE HIND THE BLADE. EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED BEHIND THE BLADE TO FREE THE STOCK, BUT INST EAD CAUSED IT TO BIND AGAINST THE BLADE AND KICK BACK. EMPLOYEE #1'S LEFT HAND F OLLOWED THE STOCK THROUGH THE BLADE. THE INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS WERE AMPUTATED AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 727
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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