Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14296339 - Employee's head cut when struck by falling cinder block

Accident Summary Nr: 14296339 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 07/02/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18851733	07/10/1986	1542	0	Kasco Chesapeake Builders, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18851725	07/14/1986	7363	0	Maryland Maintenance Services Division

Abstract: Employee #1, a laborer, was watching a Hyster lift truck place a pallet of cinder blocks onto a scaffold that was three bucks high. A cinder block fell from the pallet, hit the scaffold, and bounced outward. It struck Employee #1 on the shoulder and head. He was transported to Howard County General Hospital, where he received eight stitches in his head. Employee #1 was not equipped with or instructed to wear a hard hat while on site.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, HEAD, HARD HAT, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LACERATION, CONCRETE BLOCK, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18851733			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers
2	18851725					Occupation Not Listed

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