Investigation Report
Hand Injury While Sawing Scaffold Toe Board
09-24-2018 08:00 G02111 EI 314 Required Evac., LTA (>3 days)
- BSEE
- Investigation Report
- Unknown
- Hand and finger injuries
- Hand tools
- ConstructionUpstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
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Summary
A construction employee injured his left hand when a hand saw bounced while cutting a scaffold toe board. Despite wearing leather gloves, he sustained tendon damage requiring surgery. The investigation identified failure to secure the board in an available vise as the probable cause; no recommendations were made to the regional investigation office.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Construction; construction industry.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.