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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022021202 · 2/8/2022 · PG Construction

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source
Saws-powered, except chainsaws

Employer

Name
PG Construction
Location
6500 East 88th Ave Lot#305, HENDERSON, COLORADO, 80640
NAICS
238130
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a circular saw to cut a two-by-four piece of lumber when the saw kicked out of the kerf and struck the employee's left index finger, resulting in a laceration and subsequent medical amputation at the second knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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