Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202441788 - Employee's Thumb and Finger Amputated in Circular Saw

Accident Summary Nr: 202441788 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/19/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307457739	08/17/2005	1751	238130	Westcor Construction

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on July 19, 2005, Employee #1, a carpenter, was using his own Makita Circular Saw, Model 5277B to cut a piece of 2-in. by 4-in. piece of wood on the floor. The blade bound up and the saw jumped back and lacerated his lift thumb and amputated the tip of his left index finger. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: KICK BACK, AMPUTATED, FINGER, THUMB, CIRCULAR SAW, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, HAND TOOL, NIP POINT

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	2	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307457739			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Other

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