OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221453624

WRIGHT EQUITIES, INC.

FRESNO, CA· 2021-10-22T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Circular Saw, Cutting, Door, Finger, Laceration, Remodel, Sawblade, Struck By
NAICS: 531311
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345672133
Employer profile: WRIGHT EQUITIES, INC.
Summary number: 221453624
Report ID: 0950625
Project type: C
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee amputates finger in circular saw

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on October 22, 2021, an employee was working as a lead maintenance technician at an apartment complex. The employee was remodeling an apartment and was using a Makita XSS02, battery-powered, circular saw to trim the side of a wooden door without the use of a rip fence or straight edge to prevent the blade from binding. As the employee was trimming the door, the blade bound and made contact with his hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat suffered lacerations to his left ring and pinky fingers with the pinky finger near a complete amputation.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 64 M

Event type
14

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