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Accident Summary Nr: 163922.015 - Employee suffers laceration to neck due to kickback from por

Accident Summary Nr: 163922.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 02/07/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1726776.015	02/07/2024		238140	Joe'S Masonry, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:08 a.m. on February 7, 2024, Employee #1 was working for a masonry contractor. Employee #1 was making a vertical cut to a block wall. Employee #1 was cutting a block wall with a portable handheld Husqvarna K1 PACE high power battery saw with a 14" diameter blade. The saw kicked-back and struck Employee #1 resulting in a large laceration wound to the right side of neck of Employee #1. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital emergency room, where he was later pronounced dead.

Keywords: Battery, Blade, Bleeding, Blocks, Concrete, Concrete Surface, Cutting, Electric Saw, Laceration, Mason, Masonry, Masonry Wall, Neck, Portable Power Tool, Saw, Sawblade, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1726776.015	63	M	Fatality		Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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