Accident: 170591168 - Suffers Finger Amputation In Saw

At approximately 6:00 a.m. on April 3, 1995, Employee #1, working for a furniture manufacturer, was attempting to cut a piece of soft wood using a radial arm saw. The wood was to be used as a part of the framework for a new product. The department supervisor had been working with Employee #1 trying to construct a jig to hold the wood so that the proper angle cut would be achieved. The supervisor had to leave the area momentarily and said that he had told Employee #1 not to make any cuts until he returned. Employee #1 said that he was using a different jig to hold the wood, one designed to be used on the right side of the saw blade. He had placed the jig on the left side of the blade and was holding the wood and jig with his left hand. He pulled the saw with his right hand, which means that his arms were crossed, placing his left hand directly in the path of the saw blade. Employee #1 suffered finger amputation and laceration.

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Accident: 170882088 - Finger Amputated By Exposed Jig Blade

Employee #1 was attempting to cut wood material on a jig which was set up on a table saw. The jig had an unguarded, exposed blade. As the employee pushed the material through the moving blade, the material slipped on the jig, causing the employee's finger to go into the moving blade. The third finger of the right hand was amputated.

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Accident: 14567283 - Burns - Arcs From Jigsaw Ignited Gasoline Fire

SOME EMPLOYEES WERE IN A TRENCH REMOVING SOME OLD WELDED GAS LINES, WHICH RAN FROM THE LOADING RACK TO THE PUMPS. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN UNGROUNDED JIGSAW TO CUT THE PIPE. HE HAD WRAPPED THE SAW IN PLASTIC IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONTAIN THE ARCING. AS THE LINE WAS CUT, GASOLINE POURED OUT AND WAS IGNITED. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED BURNS ON HIS HANDS AND ARMS AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE.

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