OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689737
VINNELL CORP
ST PAUL, MN—
Event description
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL INTO MITER SAW; HAND AMPUTATED
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 19, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:40 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING UP THE AR EA INSIDE A GARAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED ON A PAIR OF TIN SNIP S AND SLIPPED, LOSING HIS BALANCE. TO KEEP FROM FALLING HE GRABBED FOR A POWERED MITER SAW. HE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE CUTTING TABLE AND GRABBED THE HANDLE AND TRIGGER OF THE SAW WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. WHILE FALLING AND PULLING THE SAW DO WN WITH HIM HE AMPUTATED HIS LEFT HAND JUST ABOVE THE WRIST. AN ATTEMPT IS BEING MADE TO REATTACH THE HAND.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 148
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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