Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121278.015 - Employee breaks finger, injures knee when struck by grinder

Accident Summary Nr: 121278.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 10/23/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1441911.015	10/31/2019		237120	Mears Installation

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on October 23, 2019, an employee working as a laborer for an oil and gas pipeline construction contractor was reassembling a manhole cover. The employee was using a DeWalt DWE 4 1/2" angle grinder with no guard installed and no current ring test. A cup flew off the grinder striking the employee in the hand and knee. The employee broke a finger and sustained an abrasion on his knee, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Abrasion, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Construction, Defective, Defective Equipment, Finger, Flying Object, Fracture, Grinder, Grinding Wheel, Guard, Hand, Hand Tool, Knee, Laborer, Manhole Cover, Ring Test, Safety Device, Struck By

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1441911.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause:

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