Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170865554 - Employee's fingertip amputated in miter saw

Accident Summary Nr: 170865554 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 02/26/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125866335	04/01/1998	1522	0	Mckinney & Peck, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, of McKinney and Peck, a small residential remodeling contractor, was using a miter saw to cut a wooden baseboard. He misjudged the blade travel and cut off the tip of his right index finger. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where about half of his finger was surgically amputated.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, CARPENTER, FINGER, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, SAW, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125866335			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Other

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