Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201042959 - Employee Is Injured When Hit by Flying Blade Debris

Accident Summary Nr: 201042959 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 02/15/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310429998	02/15/2007	1741	238140	Sunworld Landscape, Llc

Abstract: On February 15, 2007, an employee was working near a coworker who was cutting a 6 inch CMU block with a STIHL 400 quick saw at the Burson Ranch single family housing project of Beazer Homes, Pahrump. The 14 inch blade tip broke sending a metal segment into the employee's forehead. The flying metal debris went through the employee's hard hat then lodged on his forehead resulting, in the hospitalization with serious injury.

Keywords: FOREHEAD, SAW, FLYING OBJECT, BLADE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		6

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310429998			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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