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Accident: 170181945 - Employee Injured By Portable Circular Power Saw

Accident: 170181945 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 03/16/1992
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
11205124803/27/19921521Behrouz Vahdani
EMPLOYEE #1, A CARPENTER, WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT A SMALL PIECE OF PLYWOOD AND LAID IT ACROSS HIS KNEE FOR SUPPORT. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO MAKE THE CUT AND THE BLADE OF THE PORTABLE CIRCULAR SAW MADE A SHALLOW LACERATION ACROSS HIS RIGHT KNEE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED. NO CITATION WAS ISSUED RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT.
Keywords: board, knee, carpenter, work rules, construction, circular saw, saw, laceration
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 112051248 Non Hospitalized injury Cut/Laceration Carpenters

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