Amputations

Name: Amputations at Specialty Saw, Inc.
Start: 10/1/2015

1 amputation · 2015109831 · 10/1/2015 · Specialty Saw, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Saw blades-unattached
Secondary source: Overhead hoists, unspecified

Employer

Name: Specialty Saw, Inc.
Location: 30 Wolcott Road, SIMSBURY, CONNECTICUT, 06070
NAICS: 332216
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee working on a vertical polisher machine was installing a saw blade. He was hoisting a blade onto an arbor with a spacer. While aligning the blade to the bushing and arbor, he pushed the blade and bushing with one hand and operated the hoist with the other. The blade slipped off the hoist and fell on his left thumb, amputating the tip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown