Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200053114 - Employee injured when caught by paver's rotating auger

Accident Summary Nr: 200053114 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 08/26/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308686203	08/28/2007	1771	238990	Hawkins Construction Company

Abstract: On August 26, 2007, Employee #1 had finished paving part of a runway and was cleaning off the paving machine. With the machine running, he climbed off of it to spray water on the auger. He was reaching in toward the machine when his sweatshirt became caught by the blades of the auger and it pulled him into the machine. Employee #1 sustained two cracked ribs and multiple contusions, but he did not require hospitalization.

Keywords: CLOTHING, FRACTURE, ROTATING KNIFE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, RIB, AUGER, UNMANNED, ROAD PAVING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308686203			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Other

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