Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221458912

L & S FRAMING, INC.

Event
Amputation, Board, Circular Saw, Contact, Cutting, Fingertip, Machine Guarding, Sawblade
NAICS
238130
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345726467
Employer profile
L & S FRAMING, INC.
Summary number
221458912
Report ID
0950621
Project type
A
Construction end-use
A

Event description

Employee receives fingertip amputation while using portable

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on December 14, 2021, an employee attempted to cut a pre-installed facia board using a portable circular saw. The employee moved the machine guard to make the cut and the employee's left pinkly fingertip contacted the saw blade. The employee was taken to the hospital and admitted to treat an amputation of the left pinky fingertip.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 22 M

    Event type
    7
    Occupation code
    7010

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