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Accident Summary Nr: 160827.015 - Employee suffers fatality from getting caught in rotating au

Accident Summary Nr: 160827.015 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 10/13/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1703410.015	10/16/2023		237310	Milestone Contractors L.P.

Abstract: At 2:57 pm, on October 13, 2023, Employee #1 was by a highway construction contractor. Employee #1 was engaged in the task of cleaning a Concrete Placer/Spreader. Employee #1 was utilizing a power washer, and the augers of the Concrete Placer were moving, as was normal practice for the task of cleaning this machine. Employee #1 was on the ground near the machine when he got caught in the moving augers. This incident led to the fatality of Employee #1 from multiple blunt force injuries. Injuries included head, neck, rib fractures, lung lacerations, and a clavicle fracture.

Keywords: Auger, Auger Mechanism, Blunt force trauma, Caught In, Clavicle, Concrete, Concrete Mixer, Concrete Pavement, Concrete Surface, Construction, Fracture, Head, Laceration, Lung, Neck, Power Washer, Pressure Wash, Rib, Road Paving, Traumatic

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other				0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1703410.015	49	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause:

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