Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201487642 - Employee's Eye Is Injured While Cutting Concrete

Accident Summary Nr: 201487642 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 05/17/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125759233	06/10/2005	1791	238120	Rip'S Concrete Cutting, Inc.

Abstract: On May 17, 2005, Employee #1 was cutting an into asphalt roadway with a 35 HP, 2000 rpm concrete cutting saw, prior to the installation of new wiring for traffic signals. A 9-mm-long piece of solid copper wire flew up and struck his eye. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: EYE, ROTATING PARTS, PPE, SAW, FLYING OBJECT, CONCRETE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125759233			Hospitalized injury	Foreign Body Ineye	Slicing and cutting machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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