Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 105001.015 - Employee operating cut off saw sustains extensive burns

Accident Summary Nr: 105001.015 -- Report ID: 0830400 -- Event Date: 04/24/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1311361.015	04/25/2018		238110	Limoges Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on April 24, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer construction project, a four-story building. He was using a cut off saw, a type of circular saw, to cut rebar when the saw ignited. Employee #1 was engulfed in fire. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for burns to seventy percent of his body.

Keywords: Burn, Circular Saw, Construction, Electric Saw, Equipment Operator, Fire, Rebar, Saw

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1311361.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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