Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201159019 - Grinder kicks back and cuts employees' arm and leg

Accident Summary Nr: 201159019 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 02/19/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300865045	03/02/2004	1743	238340	Holland Silvers, Inc. Dba Hsi Tile And Marble

Abstract: At approximately 12:30 p.m. on February 19, 2004, a tile setter was working at a residential construction project. He was using a handheld Makita 4-inch angle grinder as mini circular saw to undercut a wood door casing. The saw blade either hit a nail, or bound up in the threshold and kicked back. The employee lost control of the grinder and it sliced into his left forearm and upper right leg. A coworker provided first aid and called for Emergency Medical Services. He was transported to the Menifee Valley Medical Center in Sun City California, where he was hospitalized for two days.

Keywords: GRINDER, FOREARM, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, ARM, HAND TOOL, GRINDING WHEEL, DOOR, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300865045			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Tile setters, hard and soft

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