Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 113745.015 - Employee operating circular saw cuts two fingers

Accident Summary Nr: 113745.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 01/18/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1379446.015	02/19/2019		238390	Timber Works Construction Inc.

Abstract: At 1:56 p.m. on January 18, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was engaged in framing erection work for a new three-story residential building. He was working from a scaffold and operating a Skilsaw circular saw with a guarded blade measuring approximately 7.25 inches to cut wedges from a 2 by 4 piece of lumber. The rotating blade made contact with the employee's left hand and cut two fingers. The employee was transported by the site foreman to a medical clinic and then transported by ambulance to a hospital. He was treated for lacerations to his left index and middle fingers and then released without hospitalization.

Keywords: Blade, Carpenter, Circular Saw, Contact, Cutting, Equipment Operator, Finger, Fracture, Framing, Hand, Laceration, Lumber, Residential Construction, Scaffold

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1379446.015	48	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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