OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689596
MERILLAT INDUSTRIES INC
LAKEVILLE, MN—
Event description
HAND CAUGHT IN HOLD-DOWN, CUT OFF BY PANEL SAW BLADE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD BEEN ON THE JOB ONLY THREE WEEKS, WAS OPERATING A PANEL "CA IN" SAW. HE WAS FEEDING STOCK INTO THE SAW WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND OPERATING THE CONTROL BUTTONS WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. AS IT WAS 10 MINUTES TILL QUITTING TIME, HE WAS IN A HURRY TO FINISH HIS WORK. HE SLID HIS HAND IN UNDER THE PANEL SAW AS H E WAS ALIGNING SOME BOARDS. AT THE SAME TIME HE PUSHED THE HOLD DOWN BUTTON WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. AS A RESULT HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT AND PINNED BY THE HOLD-DOW N. HE WAS UNAWARE, AS WERE THE OTHER EMPLOYEES AROUND HIM, THAT HE COULD STOP TH E ENTIRE MECHANISM BY MERELY PULLING THE EMERGENCY CORD. HIS HAND WAS AMPUTATED BY THE SAW BLADE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 726
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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