Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122629.015 - Employee amputates three fingers when table saw kicks back

Accident Summary Nr: 122629.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 12/12/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1452073.015	12/18/2019		236118	Mitchell Development Enterprises, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on December 12, 2019, an employee working as a tile setter and crew lead for a residential remodeler was working at a residence. The employee was cutting 3/8-inch thick pieces of wood laminate flooring with a table saw. The employee was working alone outside of the house operating a Bosch table saw. The saw kicked back and the carbine blade struck the employee's left hand. The employee amputated his ring and middle fingers and thumb and was hospitalized for five days.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Cutting, Equipment Operator, Finger, Flooring , Hand Tool, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Kick Back, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Saw, Sawblade, Sheared, Struck By, Table Saw, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded, Wood, Working Alone

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	23

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1452073.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Tile setters, hard and soft	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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