Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201066057 - Employee injured when concrete cutting machine fell on leg

Accident Summary Nr: 201066057 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 12/30/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300792611	01/22/2003	1541	236210	Bakers Concrete Cutting Corp

Abstract: On December 30 2002, Employee #1, a worker from Baker's Concrete Cutting Corporation, was injured while operating a powered concrete cutting machine. Employee #1 was cutting a driveway of a newly constructed private home. He was operating a Nissan Meco 37-horsepower cutter. The driveway was at a steep grade and the edge of the cutting surface had a 4-inch drop off. Employee #1 lost control of the machine and it fell on his leg. He received fractures to his leg and ankle and was transported to Scripps Memorial Hospital and hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SLIP, STEEP GRADE, LOST CONTROL, CONCRETE, ANKLE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300792611			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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