Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120641.015 - Employee operating handheld grinder receives arm laceration

Accident Summary Nr: 120641.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 10/03/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1437166.015	10/09/2019		327215	Engineered Glass Products, L.L.C.

Abstract: At 7:00 a.m. on October 3, 2019, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured glass products from glass that it had purchased. He operated a fabricating machine. He was working inside a heat exchanger to cut out old pipes that were going to be replaced with new ones. He was using a portable handheld grinder to cut the pipes out. As he went to cut out another piece of pipe, he lost his footing. The grinder struck the employee's upper left arm in the bicep. He suffered a laceration. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Cutting, Grinder, Heat Exchanger, Laceration, Machine operator, Metal Pipe, Pipe, Portable Power Tool, Tripped

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1437166.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.

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