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Accident: 14539241 - Chain Saw Kicked Back; Struck Employee In Neck

**Accident: 14539241 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 08/09/1984**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
14780183	08/20/1984	1623	Richardson Contracting Inc

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CUTTING BRUSH AND SMALL TREES AROUND A FENCE ROW, NEAR A POWER LINE RIGHT OF WAY. (THE POWERLINE WAS ABOVE A FARM FENCE). THE FENCE WAS WOVEN WIRE WITH WOOD POSTS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A GASOLINE-POWERED CHAIN SAW WITH A SEVENTEEN INCH CUTTER BAR. THE EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTALLY MADE CONTACT WITH THE FENCE POST APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET, FOUR INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. THE SAW KICKED BACK, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE NECK. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE SAW, WHICH AGAIN STRUCK THE FENCE POST. THE SAW KICKED BACK A SECOND TIME, CUTTING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HIS NECK. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM, AUGUST 9, 1984. DEATH WAS DUE TO LACERATIONS OF THE CAROTID ARTERY AND OTHER ARTERIES IN THE NECK, AND ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING.

Keywords: kick back, loss of blood, chain saw, laceration, neck, artery, inattention

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	14780183			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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