Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201161635 - Employee's thumb amputated when wood kicks back

Accident Summary Nr: 201161635 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 06/28/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126060532	07/03/2000	1623	0	Aaa Builders Inc

Abstract: On June 28, Employee #1, of AAA Builders, Inc., was repairing, installing, and removing windows at a site in Los Angeles. He was using a circular saw to cut a 4 ft wide by 4 ft long sheet of 1/2 in. plywood when the saw struck a knot in the wood and the it kicked back onto his left hand. Employee #1's thumb was amputated.

Keywords: KICK BACK, PORTABLE POWER TOOL, AMPUTATED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, THUMB, CIRCULAR SAW, SAW

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126060532			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause: Other

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