Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200961704 - Employee's legs injured when caught in cutter drum

Accident Summary Nr: 200961704 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 11/25/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119548527	11/26/1997	1611	0	L W Wolfe Enterprises Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing on a cutter drum machine used to grind asphalt off road surfaces. He was over the opening of the cutter drum when he became caught in the manually rotated drum and dragged into the drum shroud. Employee #1 suffered severe lacerations and fractures to both legs, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROTATING PARTS, WORK RULES, DRUM, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, GRINDING MACHINE, UNGUARDED, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119548527			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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