Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123492.015 - Employee injures face and head when chop saw kicks back

Accident Summary Nr: 123492.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 01/21/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1458676.015	01/24/2020		237990	Andrew Site Work, Llc

Abstract: At 11:45 a.m. on January 21, 2020, Employee #1 was operating a gasoline powered chop saw to cut a cast iron pipe, which supplied water to a fire hydrant. The chop-saw kicked backed, striking the employee in the face/head. The employee, who was wearing a hard hat and eyeglasses, was hospitalized after sustaining blunt force trauma to the face/head.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Chop Saw, Construction, Cutting, Equipment Operator, Face, Hard Hat, Head, Kick Back, PPE, Struck By, Water Pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1458676.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury

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