Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201126315 - Employee lacerates hand using circular saw

Accident Summary Nr: 201126315 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 07/11/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310092598	08/30/2007	1521	236118	Bannister Custom Homes Inc.

Abstract: On July 11, 2007, Employee #1 was using a handheld circular saw to cut a 2-by-4 for the frame of a residential unit under construction. As he was working, he inadvertently ran the saw into his left thumb. He suffered a laceration between his palm and thumb, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: PORTABLE POWER TOOL, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, THUMB, CIRCULAR SAW, SAW, LACERATION, HAND, 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	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310092598			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Other

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