OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443436
KICK BACK,PORTABLE POWER TOOL,WORK RULES,CIRCULAR SAW,SAW,LACERATION,HAND,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee injures hand when circular saw kicks back
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a portable electric circular saw to cut a 3 in. wide strip from the end of a 3/16 in. thick by 30 in. wide sheet of paneling. The paneling was lying on a pile of other material. As he started the cut, he placed his lef t hand close to the saw blade to apply pressure to keep the panel from moving. W hile the saw blade was beside his hand, Employee #1 released or let up on the pa nel, causing the saw to bind, kick up and back, and strike his left hand between the thumb and first finger. Thirteen stitches were required to close the wound.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 175
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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