Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170764302 - Employee's eye injured by flying piece of saw blade

Accident Summary Nr: 170764302 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 08/11/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125587196	08/13/1998	1521	0	Western Construction

Abstract: Employee #1, who worked for a building contractor, was using a reciprocating Porter Cable portable tiger saw (sawzall type) to trim an overhanging plywood shear wall from a window at a home remodeling site. He was inside a bedroom on the second floor when the saw blade broke off at the chucking point and rebounded into his left eye, puncturing it. Employee #1 was not wearing any form of eye protection at the time of the accident.

Keywords: EYE, PORTABLE POWER TOOL, PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SAW, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	125587196

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