Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202357893 - Employee'S Leg Is Cut When Struck By Saw
Accident: 202357893 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 04/06/2006 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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309810000 | 04/06/2006 | 1751 | Nu Era Construction | ||||
On April 6, 2006 Employee #1 was standing on a wood floor leaning down while operating a 7.25-in. circular saw. He was cutting a wood block from a 2-in. by 8-in. piece of lumbar, approximately 2 ft long. The wood block was 7-in. long and 3-in. wide at one end, and approximately 7-in. wide at the other end. This piece of lumber rested upon another 2-in. by 8-in. piece of lumber that was also approximately 2 ft long. The saw kicked back and struck Employee #1 in his lower right leg. He was hospitalized with a laceration approximately 6-in. long. | |||||||
Keywords:
kick back, circular saw, saw, laceration, struck by, hand tool, unguarded, leg
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Multi-family dwelling | New project or new addition | $5,000,000 to $20,000,000 | 4 | 40 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 309810000 | Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Carpenters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Interior carpentry FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile |