Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201021565 - Employee Injures Fingers While Operating Skill Saw

Accident Summary Nr: 201021565 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 02/15/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125540906	02/22/2008	1521	236118	Mark A. Walker Dba Pinnacle Built

Abstract: At approximately 3:45 p.m. on February 15, 2008, Employee #1 and several coworkers were working at a single-family residential house to replace siding on the garage of the home. The employer was a general building contractor. As Employee #1 was using a skill saw with a 7.75 inch blade, Model Number HD 77M, to cut a piece of wood siding that measured 0.75 inches by 8 inches by 7 feet, his hand contacted the blade. Employee #1 severed the tendons in his pinky, ring and middle fingers. He was taken to a nearby medical facility, where he was hospitalized and treated for his injury.

Keywords: SEVERED, BUILDING, CARPENTER, FINGER, CONSTRUCTION, SAW, LACERATION, BLADE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125540906			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Other

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