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21755 CEDAR AVE SOUTH, LAKEVILLE, MN 55044
Standard 182065302
Standard 19100132 A
Initial $440
Standard 19100219 D01
Initial $152
Standard 19100213 R04
Initial $400
Standard 19100213 R04
Standard 19100151 B
Standard 5206070002
HAND CAUGHT IN HOLD-DOWN, CUT OFF BY PANEL SAW BLADE
EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD BEEN ON THE JOB ONLY THREE WEEKS, WAS OPERATING A PANEL "CA IN" SAW. HE WAS FEEDING STOCK INTO THE SAW WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND OPERATING THE CONTROL BUTTONS WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. AS IT WAS 10 MINUTES TILL QUITTING TIME, HE WAS IN A HURRY TO FINISH HIS WORK. HE SLID HIS HAND IN UNDER THE PANEL SAW AS H E WAS ALIGNING SOME BOARDS. AT THE SAME TIME HE PUSHED THE HOLD DOWN BUTTON WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. AS A RESULT HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT AND PINNED BY THE HOLD-DOW N. HE WAS UNAWARE, AS WERE THE OTHER EMPLOYEES AROUND HIM, THAT HE COULD STOP TH E ENTIRE MECHANISM BY MERELY PULLING THE EMERGENCY CORD. HIS HAND WAS AMPUTATED BY THE SAW BLADE.
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