OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297303
ARUNDEL HOME IMPROVEMENT CO
GLEN BURNIE, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S HAND LACERATED WHILE USING CIRCULAR SAW
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD BEEN HIRED TO DELIVER CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL TO A JOBSITE, W SONAL WORK WITHOUT THE EMPLOYER'S PERMISSION OR KNOWLEDGE. AS USING A CIRCULAR SAW TO CUT A 2 BY 6 BY 8 BOARD DOWN THE CENTER. HE INTENDED TO USE THE BOARD FOR A MANTLE SHELF IN HIS HOME. THE BOARD SHIFTED, CAUSING THE SAW TO JUMP BACKWARDS INTO HIS LEFT HAND. HE SUFFERED A FOUR INCH LACERATION EXT ENDING FROM BEHIND HIS MIDDLE FINGER TO BEHIND HIS THUMB. THE LACERATION REQUIRE D 53 STITCHES TO CLOSE. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. THE SAW, A MIKI TA MODEL 5007-N-B, SERIAL NUMBER 30578-E, WAS OWNED BY THE EMPLOYEE. THE TASK BE ING PERFORMED WAS NOT A PART OF THE EMPLOYEE'S JOB. THE CAUSAL FACTORS FOR THIS ACCIDENT WERE: EMPLOYEE FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE A HAZARDOUS CONDITION AND DOING PER
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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