OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221452550
CEN CAL BUILDERS & DEVELOPERS INC.
CLOVIS, CA·
Event description
Employee receives amputation and laceration injuries to left
Investigation abstract
At 9:00 a.m. on December 31, 2021, an employee worked as a carpenter to make a stairwell. The employee cut three quarter inch plywood into strips using a portable saw and placed a piece of plywood on a stack of wood to make a cut. While cutting the saw kicked back and severed the employees' fingers from the left hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat laceration and amputation injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 567
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