Student’s hand pulled into rotating saw blade
Frontier School Division in Manitoba has been fined $31,000. On Dec. 3, 2015, a student from Frontier School Division’s Engaged Learners Program was instructed on how to operate a 10” table saw. As the student began guiding a piece of wood through the rotating saw blade, the saw jammed and kicked back pulling the board and the student’s hand into the rotating saw blade. The student suffered serious injuries to his left hand.
On March 9, Frontier School Division pleaded guilty under section 16.5(1)(b) of the Workplace Safety and Health Regulations, M.R. 217/2006 to the charge of failing to ensure that safeguards were in place to prevent a worker from coming into contact with the blade of a DeWalt table saw.
