Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 300794534 - Employee's thumb lacerated by circular table saw

Accident Summary Nr: 300794534 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 01/31/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300794534	07/07/2003	1751	238130	Benjamin Teeter Construction

Abstract: On January 31, 2003, Employee #1, of Benjamin Teeter Construction, was utilizing a circular table saw from which he had removed the blade guard. Employee #1 was in the process of cutting 4 ft by 8 ft sheets of plywood into 1.5 in. strips. He was standing at the front of this table saw, pushing the wood sheets through the blade with his hands. The saw was a Makita Table saw, Model 2708, Serial Number 566-16. His hand slipped in the process of cutting one of these sheets and his left thumb made contact with the unguarded blade, resulting in a severe laceration to the left thumb. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: THUMB, CIRCULAR SAW, LACERATION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300794534			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Carpenter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Other

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