Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201701505 - Employee's fingers injured when saw kicked back

Accident Summary Nr: 201701505 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 04/03/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305845976	04/07/2003	1761	238170	Santiago Morales Ornelas

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on April 3, 2003, Employee #1 was cutting a board with a Skil saw to size for the outer decoration of a support column on an apartment house being constructed in Hermiston, Oregon. The worker could not complete the cut because the power cord became tight and did not have enough slack to allow the saw to be pushed completely through the cut. Employee #1 placed his left hand behind the saw cut to hold the two pieces and released the pressure on the saw trigger. This allowed the saw blade to bite into the remaining wood. The saw kicked back and injured three fingers of Employee #1's left hand. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: KICK BACK, FINGER, SAW, LACERATION, CORD CONNECTOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305845976			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Other

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