OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221715220
FABSITE INDUSTRIES, LLC
AUBURN, NY—
Event description
Employee is struck by demo-saw blade and later dies
Investigation abstract
At 11:50 a.m. on November 1, 2024, Employee #1 was using a demo-saw to fit two sections of granite curbstone. The saw kicked back, causing the employee to lose his grip on the trigger with his right hand while the saw continued rotating in his left hand. The spinning blade struck the employee across the throat, resulting in trauma and blood loss from a laceration to the throat. The employee was hospitalized and later died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 7010
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