Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202546446 - Employee's Hand Is Punctured by Router

Accident Summary Nr: 202546446 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 11/26/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314866484	12/05/2013	1742	238310	Rice Drywall Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:48 p.m. on November 26, 2013, Employee #1 was working for a subcontractor that was engaged in metal framing and drywall installation. He was using a DeWalt router to cut a 30 in. by 6 ft by 0.625 in. section of drywall. The cord of the router became tangled and the router was pulled out of his hand. Employee #1 reached out to catch the router as the bit was spinning. The spinning bit punctured his palm. Employee #1 did not seek medical assistant on November 26, 2013, but went home after work. On November 27, 2013, his wife drove him to a medical center, where he was admitted and treated for a palm infection and was hospitalized for four days.

Keywords: PORTABLE POWER TOOL, INSTALLING, STRUCK BY, HAND, ELEC PORT TOOL--MISC, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	5	60

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314866484			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Carpenter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Other

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