Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200450617 - Employee killed when saw reverses out of pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 200450617 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 03/04/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300336302	03/05/1999	1623	0	Mid South Industrial Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: On March 4, 1999, Employee #1 and a coworker were working in a 20 ft wide by 40 ft long by 7 ft deep excavation. The coworker was using a saw to make the second cut in a 12 in. concrete pipe when he began having trouble controlling the saw because it kept binding in the pipe. He told the superintendent that he was scared of the saw and asked him to strike the pipe with a backhoe to break the saw loose. At this time Employee #1, a pipe fitter, said that he could complete the cut. When the saw had finished going through the pipe, the blade became bound between the two sections of pipe, creating a reactive force that rotated the saw backward and into Employee #1's face and chest. He sustained serious lacerations and was killed

Keywords: CHEST, PORTABLE POWER TOOL, EXCAVATION, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, SAW, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, LOST CONTROL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300336302			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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