Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124340.015 - Employee injures arm when struck by concrete trowel machine

Accident Summary Nr: 124340.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/29/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1456921.015	01/02/2020		238110	Mead Construction Inc

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on August 29, 2019, Employee #1 was operating a Superior manually guided concrete trowel machine (powered, rotating-blade type) at a commercial building job site. The machine was not equipped with the required control or switch, and it began to revolve after the employee removed both hands from the equipment handles. The sharp edge of a handle struck and seriously injured the employee's arm as he attempted to regain control of the machine to stop it. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of the arm injury.

Keywords: Arm, Construction, Contusion, Equipment Operator, Laceration, Lost Control, Rotating Parts, Stop Switch, Struck By, Trowel

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	1456921.015	69	M	Hospitalized injury		Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause:

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