Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139360.015 - Employee lacerates face and breaks nose while operating chop

Accident Summary Nr: 139360.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 09/16/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1554045.015	09/22/2021		924110	Marshalltown, City Of Water Works

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on September 16, 2021, an employee working as a construction laborer for a city water works was using a chop saw. The employee was cutting 6-inch ductal iron pipe to install a 45 coupler on the end. As the employee was finishing his cut, the saw became pinched causing the blade to strike the employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken nose and laceration to his face.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken, Broken Bone, Catch Point, Chop Saw, Construction, Couplings, Cutting, Face, Flying Object, Hand Tool, Inexperience, Installing, Iron, Laborer, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Metal Pipe, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nose, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pipe, Sawblade, Struck By, Undrgrd Installation, Unsafe Position

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1554045.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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