Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122160.015 - Employee operating circular saw amputates left index finger

Accident Summary Nr: 122160.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 11/26/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1448558.015	12/03/2019		238110	Tribco Construction Services, Llc

Abstract: At 9:10 or 9:20 a.m. on November 26, 2019, an employee was working for a contractor that made poured concrete foundations and structures. He was at a construction site as part of a new project on or new addition to a 13-story commercial building. He was working as a carpenter. He was installing concrete forms at the 10F section of a building. He was at the northeast corner of the foundation, operating a corded circular saw. His glove came into contact with the rotating sawblade. The index finger on his left hand was amputated below the first knuckle. He was taken to a local hospital. He was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Carpenter, Circular Saw, Commercial Building, Concrete Form Work, Construction, Finger, Glove, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Knuckle, Portable Power Tool, Pulled In, Rotating Parts, Saw, Sawblade, Struck Against, Traumatic Amputation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			13

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1448558.015	58	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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