Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201051620 - Employee Suffers Amputation Of Thumb
Accident: 201051620 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 08/24/1998 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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126174598 | 09/09/1998 | 1542 | Varadero Construction Inc. | ||||
At approximately 3:20 p.m. on August 24, 1998, Employee #1 was cutting a 2-in. by 4in. board with a guarded circular saw at a residential construction site. Employee #1 was resting the work piece on his foot, and holding it with his left hand. The saw blade jammed and kicked back, cutting Employee #1's left thumb. Employee #1 was treated at the hospital, and released the same night. Employee #1 suffered the amputation of his left thumb. | |||||||
Keywords:
kick back, amputated, construction, thumb, circular saw, jammed, saw
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other building | New project or new addition | Under $50,000 | 1 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 126174598 | Non Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Carpenters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause: Other |