Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120948.015 - Employee fractures shoulder when struck by drill base

Accident Summary Nr: 120948.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 10/18/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1439455.015	10/22/2019		238120	Iowa Concrete Cutting Inc

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on October 18, 2019, an employee was drilling vertically into a finished slab of concrete with a WEKA DK 32 concrete core drill. The employee was lowering the drill into the concrete with one hand and using a water bottle to apply water with the other when the drill became stuck in the concrete. When the drill got stuck, the base began to spin and ejected the employee onto the ground. The base of the core drill spun at least two times, striking the employee in the collar bone and behind the ear until the power cord became unplugged. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured left collar bone, a laceration behind the ear, and a fractured left scapula.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collarbone, Concrete, Concrete Floor, Drill, Drilling, Ejected, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Fracture, Head, Jammed, Laceration, Platform, Shoulder, Shoulder Bone, Struck By, Stuck

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1439455.015	48	M	Hospitalized injury		Sawing machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause:

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