OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970434
MERRILL SHERIFF CONSTRUCTION
KAMAS, UT·
Event description
Employee cuts leg with circular saw
Investigation abstract
On March 23, 1989, Employee #1 was working on a building for Kamasut and had bee n assigned to cut lumber. While cutting 2 by 4 lumber with an electric skill saw , he stooped over to pick up a piece of lumber while the saw was still in his ri ght hand. The saw came into contact with Employee #1's right leg. He was taken t o Wasatch County Hospital, where he received 58 stitches. He was released from t he hospital the same day.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 Male
- Nature of injury
- Cut/Laceration (7)
- Part of body
- LEGS (16)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- HAND TOOL (POWERED) (21)
- Occupation
- Carpenters (567)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.