Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122833.015 - Employee amputates toe when run over by machine

Accident Summary Nr: 122833.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 11/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1453257.015	12/19/2019		237310	Security Paving Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:0 p.m. on November 22, 2019, Employee #1 was a construction laborer on the night crew, working as a fulltime employee for this employer. Employee #1 was standing alongside and under the G&Z paving machine, working in his required position when the paving machine is in operation and moving. Employee #1 was directly engaged in the operation of operating controls and levers to distribute the concrete from the ground to side to side. Employee #1 was on a crew laying down a stretch of lean base coat concrete (LBC), and the G&Z machine in this configuration runs faster than the other configurations. When the machine is set up in LBC mode, it runs approximately 15 feet/minute. The G&Z slip paving machine was operating without one of the mechanical drive guards in place. The employer took it off and had been running it this way for a while. Employee #1 was aware the guard was removed and questioned his supervisor but continued his duties. Employee #1 sustained an amputation to his big toe on the right foot. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Concrete, Construction, Foot, Guard, Highway, Highway work zone, Laborer, Machine Guarding, Road Paving, Toe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1453257.015	46	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause:

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