Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 111201.015 - Employee receives amputation injury to thumb after trying to

Accident Summary Nr: 111201.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 11/20/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1361753.015	11/26/2018		238390	Res Installations Llc

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on November 20, 2018, an employee worked to install an aluminum door frame. The employee determined that the frame piece was an eighth of an inch to long and set up a four foot fiberglass ladder and clamped a DeWalt portable band saw to a rung on the ladder using an Irwin quick-grip clamp. The employee then turned the saw on and clamped the switch into the on position for hands free use. At some point during the cut, the saw came free of the ladder and fell towards the employee who attempted to catch the saw with his left hand. The saw blade made contact with the employee's left thumb and amputated it. The employee was taken to a local hospital, where the thumb was able to be reattached and remained hospitalized for several days for treatment.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Blade, Cut, Cutting, Falling Object, Hold-Down Clamp, Installing, Ladder, Saw, Thumb

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1361753.015	44	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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