Universal Custom Display: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Aug 2, 2010: Employee's thumb is amputated while using table saw

On August 2, 2010, Employee #1, a plastic fabricator, was using a table saw to r ip very thin strips of plastic from a blank. The employee had set up a fence and used a push stick, but the blank kicked back about half-way through the cut dra wing. The employee was grabbing the thin strip with his left hand, and his left thumb was pulled into the revolving blade. Employee #1 underwent surgery to have his thumb reattached and was hospitalized for seven days. The blade guard had b een pushed upward to get it out of the way.

Incident on Jun 16, 2004: Employee 's thumb is amputated by a table saw

On June 16, 2004, Employee #1, a woodworker, was using a table saw equipped with a dado blade. He was putting a 0.25-in. dado down the middle of a 1.5-in. wide by 2.5-in. deep by 15-in. long piece of red oak. The dado cut had to be recessed from one edge, so he dropped the wood onto the revolving blade and used both ha nds to push it forward. The wood kicked back and his left hand came into contact with the blade. He sustained a partial amputation to the left thumb, but the en tire thumb was surgically removed at the hospital.