Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 137527.015 - Employee injures face when struck by board that kicked back

Accident Summary Nr: 137527.015 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 07/21/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1544206.015	07/27/2021		327332	Western Pacific Precast, Llc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on July 21, 2021, an employee working as a carpenter for a concrete pipe manufacturer was using a JET 10-inch Arbor Xacta Deluxe table saw to cut a notch into a 2-inch by 4-inch wood board. The table saw was not equipped with a hood, nonkickback fingers, or a splitter. The board kicked back and hit the employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized to treat facial trauma requiring surgery and facial reconstruction.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Carpenter, Cutting, Face, Flying Object, Fracture, Kick Back, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Saw, Splitter, Struck By, Table Saw, Unguarded, Wood Splitter, Wrong Equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1544206.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters

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