Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202445235 - Worker Suffers Partial Finger Amputation Using Circular Saw

Accident Summary Nr: 202445235 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 11/01/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125942193	03/12/2007	2491	321114	Hanson Truss Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on November 1, 2006, a worker was using a Skilsaw Mag 77 worm-drive circular saw (Serial Number HG-521984). His employer operated a production yard in Chino, California. The company manufactured wooden trusses for use in commercial and residential construction projects. The worker was making a pattern cut across a short, 23 in. length of 2 in. by 4 in. board, when the saw blade jammed in a wood knot and caused the saw to kick back. The worker's left index finger contacted the turning saw blade before the guard could snap closed. The injured employee was taken to Loma Linda University Medical Center. He was treated, but not hospitalized, for a partial amputation of his left index finger.

Keywords: KICK BACK, PORTABLE POWER TOOL, TRUSS, AMPUTATED, FINGER, ROTATING KNIFE, CIRCULAR SAW, JAMMED, STRUCK BY, BLADE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125942193			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Sawing machine operators

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