Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201506458 - Employee Is Cut by Skill Saw When it Kicks Back

Accident Summary Nr: 201506458 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 04/07/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307342303	04/18/2006	1522	236116	Rgw Construction Inc

Abstract: On April 7, 2006, Employee #1, an apprentice carpenter, was cutting a 4-in. by 6-in. piece of lumbar with a Skill saw on an aerial work platform. He was working near the floor level of the elevated work platform, holding the lumber with one hand and cutting it with the other. The work piece was not secured with any of the clamps, sawhorses or other methods that were available. The saw kicked back, and the blade cut his left leg. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: KICK BACK, CARPENTER, CIRCULAR SAW, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, HAND TOOL, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over		20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307342303			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Carpenter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Other

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