Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129307.015 - Employee cutting wood amputates finger when saw kicks back

Accident Summary Nr: 129307.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 09/07/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1491749.015	09/09/2020		236115	North Valley Builders, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on September 7, 2020, an employee working as a construction laborer for a building contractor was cutting a 3-foot by 3-inch piece of wood. The employee was attempting to cut 1/8th inch off the end of the wood. He was using a Skil Model HD77 7 1/4-inch worm drive circular saw while holding the wood in the air with his left hand. The saw kicked back and struck the employee in the left hand. The employee amputated the top of his left ring finger and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Circular Saw, Construction, Cutting, Finger, Hand, Hand Tool, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Instantaneous amputation, Kick Back, Laborer, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Residential Construction, Sawblade, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Wood

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1491749.015	41	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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