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Accident: 202522967 - Carpenter Sawing Rafter Is Injured When Rafter Slips

**Accident: 202522967 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 10/02/2012**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
314999871	10/11/2012	1521	John Rohrer Construction Inc

On October 2, 2012, Employee #1 was working on the exterior of a residential building. He was cutting a roof rafter with a skill saw. The rafter slipped off the support at the far end. This caused the rafter to swing upward. The moving rafter made contact with the saw and pushed the saw into the employee's wrist. The employee was hospitalized and treated for a wrist laceration.

Keywords: roof, building, carpenter, struck against, construction, rafter, saw, laceration, struck by, wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	314999871			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause: Other

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