Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 66069.015 - Employee is cut by skill saw and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 66069.015 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 08/12/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
989747.015	08/12/2014		238990	Boyd Brothers Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:15 a.m. on August 12, 2014, Employee #1 was painting steel horse pins inside the barn. The employee took a skill saw to cut a piece of wood and the saw cut his inner thigh, severing his femoral artery, and killing him.

Keywords: Artery, Portable Power Tool, Severed, Thigh

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1	12	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	989747.015	22	M	Fatality		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause:

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