OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #779462
TAHOE TRUSS, INC.
CARSON CITY, NV·
Event description
Employee's leg cut by circular hand saw
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a worm-drive circular saw with its guard wedged back for a cutting operation that he usually did not perform. The saw had been given to hi m by his foreman, so he thought the foreman wanted him to use it with the guard in that position. Employee #1 was cutting on a 2-in. by 4-in. truss when the saw blade bound and kicked back. The blade contacted him on the upper part of his l eft leg, causing an 8-in.-long, T-shaped laceration down to the bone. He was hos pitalized for his injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 23
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 569
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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