Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170204697 - Employee's wrist cut when saw kicks back

Accident Summary Nr: 170204697 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 10/02/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119617637	10/03/1995	1521	0	Silver West Builders

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on October 2, 1995, Employee #1, a journeyman carpenter at Sierra West Builders Co., was performing his regularly assigned job of remodeling a house. He was using a new Makita 5 1/4 in. circular saw to trim a plywood door when the saw kicked back and cut his left wrist. Employee #1 was taken to San Francisco General Hospital and then to Stanford University Medical Center. He did not return to work after the accident and did not cooperate in helping to determine what caused the saw to kick back, although he maintained that the accident was his own fault as he was not paying attention.

Keywords: KICK BACK, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, CIRCULAR SAW, LACERATION, INATTENTION, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119617637			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Carpenters

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