Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202655395 - Consruction Worker Amputates Thumb with a Skilsaw

Accident Summary Nr: 202655395 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 11/29/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313515074	12/22/2011	1522	236118	Har-Bro Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on November 29, 2011, Employee #1 a 45-year-old male with of Har-Bro Inc., was assigned to prepare 2 by 4's for backing of a firestop at the ceiling level. Employee #1 was operating a SkilSaw 7.25-inch Worm Drive Saw, Model Number SHD77M, Serial Number 786124351. Employee #1 and did not utilize saw horses or any other method of securing the 2 by 4 so that he could operate the Saw with both hands on the two handles of the saw. As Employee #1 was notching the 2 by 4, the saw got bound up in the piece of wood, as Employee #1 attempted to remove the saw from the wood, the still-moving blade caught the top of the unsecured 2 by 4, pulling it and the Employee #1's left thumb into the blade. Employee #1 was transported to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs where he was treated for an amputation of part of his thumb on his left hand. The Employer, Har-Bro Inc., conducts rehabilitation construction activities for residential sites that have been damaged by fire or flood.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, CONSTRUCTION, THUMB, ELECTRIC SAW, SAW, HAND TOOL, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313515074			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Other

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