Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201161635 - Employee'S Thumb Amputated When Wood Kicks Back
Accident: 201161635 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 06/28/2000 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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126060532 | 07/03/2000 | 1623 | Aaa Builders Inc | ||||
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
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | Alteration or rehabilitation | $50,000 to $250,000 | 1 | 20 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 126060532 | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Carpenters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing FatCause: Other |