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Accident: 170591655 - Employee'S Thigh Cut By Circular Saw

Accident: 170591655 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 05/16/1995
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12595731606/06/19951521K L Neff Construction Co
Employee #1 was cutting joiner blocks with an employer-provided Skilsaw with a 7 1/4 in. saw blade. The wood bound and the saw kicked back, striking Employee #1 in the right anterior thigh. He required hospitalization for lacerations. The lower blade guard had been wedged with a piece of wood.
Keywords: kick back, guard, work rules, struck against, construction, thigh, circular saw, laceration, blade
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 125957316 Hospitalized injury Cut/Laceration Occupation not reported

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