Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123742.015 - Employee amputates leg when caught under auger of cement mix

Accident Summary Nr: 123742.015 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 10/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1439297.015	10/22/2019		327331	Block Partner Llc

Abstract: At 1:23 a.m. on October 22, 2019, an employee who worked as a laborer for a block manufacturer was cleaning built-up cement out of a cement mixer at the end of his work shift. The employee was inside the mixer when a coworker turned on the mixer causing the auger to strike the employee's left leg. The employee amputated his leg under the knee and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Caught In, Concrete Mixer, Energized, Instantaneous amputation, Knee, Laborer, Leg, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Mixer, Pinched, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1439297.015	19	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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