Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201180189 - Employee amputates fingers using handsaw

Accident Summary Nr: 201180189 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 07/14/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125495663	07/23/1999	1741	0	Sullivan Masonry

Abstract: At approximately 7:00 a.m., on July 14, 1999, Employee #1, a supervisor, was cutting a 0.75-inch piece of plywood with a Skilsaw saw (Model number HD67737). The saw kicked back and amputated the third, forth, and fifth fingers of his left hand. Employee #1 was hospitalized to treat the amputations. Prior to the accident, other employees examined the Skilsaw use by Employee #1. The employees discovered that the saw guard was defective. It appeared the guard was frozen up by cement or dried sludge and could not protect Employee #1 from the blade.

Keywords: KICK BACK, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SAW, BLADE, SLUDGE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	1	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125495663			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Other

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