Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201100757 - Employee's arm injured by a chain saw

Accident Summary Nr: 201100757 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 08/11/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125670539	09/10/1998	1799	0	James M. Ellett Construction Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working for a small construction company that refurbished the land after electrical power lines have been constructed. Employee's #1 left arm was cut when he reached to grab the top of a gate post, which was being cut off with a chain saw by a coworker. He was hospitalized. Employee #1 stated that by grabbing the post he was trying to keep the piece of the gate post form falling and hitting the chain saw operator.

Keywords: SAW, LACERATION, ARM, CUTTING AND BURNING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	1	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125670539			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 1 feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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