Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120438.015 - Employee amputates fingertip in bandsaw

Accident Summary Nr: 120438.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 09/27/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1435686.015	10/04/2019		236220	J. H. Findorff & Son Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on September 27, 2019, an employee was cutting steel studs with a battery-operated portable bandsaw when the blade came off. The employee noticed the drive wheel rubber band was dislodged and was reinstalling it when his finger got pinched between the drive wheel and the housing. The employee was wearing cut level 4 gloves but suffered a fingertip amputation. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Caught Between, Cutting, Fingertip, Installing, Rubber, Steel Column, Wheel

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1435686.015	40	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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