OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221375272

WESTERN PACIFIC PRECAST, LLC

SLOAN, NV· 2021-07-21T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Carpenter, Cutting, Face, Flying Object, Fracture, Kick Back, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Saw, Splitter, Struck By, Table Saw, Unguarded, Wood Splitter, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 327332
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345442065
Employer profile: WESTERN PACIFIC PRECAST, LLC
Summary number: 221375272
Report ID: 0953220

Event description

Employee injures face when struck by board that kicked back

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on July 21, 2021, an employee working as a carpenter for a concrete pipe manufacturer was using a JET 10-inch Arbor Xacta Deluxe table saw to cut a notch into a 2-inch by 4-inch wood board. The table saw was not equipped with a hood, nonkickback fingers, or a splitter. The board kicked back and hit the employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized to treat facial trauma requiring surgery and facial reconstruction.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
567

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