Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 71842.015 - Worker operating a table saw touches blade and thumb tip is

Accident Summary Nr: 71842.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 01/28/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1030019.015	02/10/2015		236220	Hensel Phelps Construction Co.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on January 28, 2015, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was engaged in exterior carpentry at a building construction site. He was cutting a piece of reveal wood by pushing it through a table saw. As he applied pressure to the wood piece, his left thumb came into contact with the spinning saw blade. The tip of the thumb, at the nail bed, was amputated. Employee #1 was treated for this injury but not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputation, Blade, Construction, Portable Power Tool, Saw, Struck Against, Table Saw, Thumb

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	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1030019.015	61	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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