Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200771210 - Employee suffers severe cut on leg after saw contact

Accident Summary Nr: 200771210 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 02/16/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303804983	02/16/2001	2426	0	New England Hardwood Supply Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was performing cross-cuts on 7-in. by 12-ft by 2-in. thick black walnut boards in a pile on a cart. Employee #1 was using a worm drive Skil saw while kneeling on the floor next the board stack. When Employee #1 was cutting at the distant edge the saw suddenly kicked back toward Employee #1 striking him on the right thigh and causing a severe laceration from the inside to outside part of the thigh, cutting the femoral artery. The blade was fully operational. The speed and force of the saw kick-back prevented the blade guard from covering the blade before contact with Employee #1's leg. He was Employee was hospitalized for his injury.

Keywords: BOARD, KICK BACK, WOOD SLAB, GUARD, THIGH, SAW, LACERATION, CART

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303804983			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Miscellaneous precision woodworkers

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