Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119948362 - Employee amputates thumb when saw kicks back

Accident Summary Nr: 119948362 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/01/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119948362	10/10/2001	1751	0	Tandem West Group

Abstract: At approximately 2:15 p.m. on August 1, 2001, Employee #1, was working as a framing carpenter for Tandem West Group at the construction site of a new single family residential tract. His left thumb was partially amputated when his Skilsaw kicked back while performing a cut on a 2-in. by 4-in. piece of lumber. Employee #1 was transported to the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California and was subsequently transferred to the University of Southern California (USC) Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, where he was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: KICK BACK, AMPUTATED, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, THUMB, SAW, LUMBER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	28

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119948362			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Other

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