Accident Report Detail
Accident: 106246.015 - Employee Amputates Finger When Operating A Circular Saw
Accident: 106246.015 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 03/08/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1300899.015 | 03/13/2018 | Rosedale Roofing Company, Inc. | |||||
At 1:00 p.m. on March 8, 2018, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a roofing company, were working at a multiemployer construction project, a commercial building. Employee #1 was operating a DeWalt Circular Saw with a 24-tooth blade (Model DWE575, Serial Number 741633). He was rip cutting a 2 by 4 plank of lumber. The coworker was assisting. Employee #1's left hand made contact with the saw blade. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a laceration to his hand and amputation of his pinky finger. The finger was surgically reattached. | |||||||
Keywords:
caught in, construction, hand, amputation, lumber, finger, circular saw, struck by, roofer, blade
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | ||||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1300899.015 | 41 | M | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Roofers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: FatCause: Lifting operations |