Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-01-17 | Nampa | Idaho | Boyd Remodeling and Construction LLC | Leg(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting a pallet with a power saw. The sawblade cut the employee's leg. | |||||
2019-07-18 | Dryden | New York | Clark Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a handheld power saw when the spinning blade struck and amputated his index finger. | |||||
2018-09-17 | Huntsville | Alabama | Turner Construction Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a power saw to rip 2x4 lumber. The lumber kicked back, striking the employee's hand. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated; the little finger and ring finger were lacerated, with tendon involvement. | |||||
2018-08-28 | Windermere | Florida | NEI General Contracting, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting deck boards with a power saw. The saw cut the hand he was using to secure a board, severing the ring fingertip just above the end joint and lacerating the index and middle fingers. | |||||
2018-06-13 | Saint Cloud | Florida | Hallmark Management, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting a pipe with a power saw. The pipe slipped and the saw amputated the employee's left hand fingers. | |||||
2018-03-15 | Export | Pennsylvania | Dennis and Son Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
Two employees were cutting concrete with a power saw when they were overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning. | |||||
2017-08-30 | Lake Worth | Florida | GUSTAFSON INDUSTRIES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
On 8/30/2017, an employee was cutting wood using a power saw when it kicked back and cut his thumb. | |||||
2017-03-23 | Flowood | Mississippi | Joe Meyer Construction, Inc. | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting concrete with a power saw when it slipped and lacerated his hand. | |||||
2016-10-03 | Houston | Texas | M&M Coastal Manufacturing Inc. | Thigh(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was operating a power saw from his knees and was cutting a pallet to discard. The power saw kicked back and part of the blade cut the employee's right leg above the knee, causing a deep laceration. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2015-10-08 | Pottsville | Pennsylvania | Cresswell Brothers General Contractors Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee sliced the top of the pointer finger while using a power saw to cut wood. The employee was treated in the emergency room, but was not admitted. | |||||
2015-10-02 | Atlanta | Georgia | Fly & Form, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting a 2x8 board with a power saw when his left ring fingertip was amputated by the saw blade. | |||||
2015-07-20 | Clearwater | Florida | Labor Ready Southeast, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was holding a piece of lumber to cut it with a power saw when the saw kicked back and amputated the right pinky fingertip at the first knuckle. | |||||
2015-04-09 | Billings | Montana | Collin Lardy Construction Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee lacerated the back of his hand while cutting a board with a power saw. |