Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201506185 - Employee Sustains Laceration to Hand in Sawing Operation

Accident Summary Nr: 201506185 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 01/05/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307340984	01/10/2006	1522	236118	Lem Construction, Inc

Abstract: At about 10:15 a.m. on January 5, 2006, Employee #1 was cutting a patch for a sheer wall with a Skil saw, model HD77M. He was making the third cut for the notch to the 2-by 4-by 11.5 in. piece of lumber, when the saw kicked back and cut off his left thumb and a portion of his palm. The lower part of the saw guard was in place and self adjusted against the piece of lumber. Employee #1 was transported to Ralph K. Davies Medical Center in San Francisco, CA, where he was hospitalized for seven days and had surgery to reattach his thumb.

Keywords: KICK BACK, AMPUTATED, WOOD SLAB, CARPENTER, GUARD, CAUGHT BY, THUMB, SAW, POINT OF OPERATION, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	11

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307340984			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Other

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