Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201122140 - Employee injured when leg cut by electric saw

Accident Summary Nr: 201122140 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 01/21/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125518175	01/26/2000	1521	0	Geerling Goosen Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a hand-held portable electric saw to cut a hole in the floor for a heating duct when it kicked back and cut his leg. Employee #1 suffered a serious laceration of his right leg and was not hospitalized.

Keywords: KICK BACK, DUCT, ELECTRIC SAW, LACERATION, LEG

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	125518175			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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