Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202464533 - Employee'S Hand Fractured By Circular Saw
Accident: 202464533 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 03/20/2007 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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310196647 | 03/29/2007 | 1751 | Southland Framers Inc. | ||||
At approximately 1:00 p.m. on March 20, 2007, Employee #1, a carpenter for Southland Framers, was told by his supervisor to put a wooden border on a new residential home. He was cutting a 4-inch by 1-inch wooden board with a Skilsaw (HG52525), with a 7 1/2-inch blade, when the blade jumped and struck him on his left hand. The supervisor came to his assistance and took him to Antelope Valley Hospital. He was diagnosed with a commuted fracture to his first metacarpal and was hospitalized for one day. No violation was observed. | |||||||
Keywords:
board, kick back, fracture, installing, carpenter, construction, circular saw, struck by, hand
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | $250,000 to $500,000 | 2 | 24 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 310196647 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Carpenters |