Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201794906 - Employee injured when portable cutter breaks

Accident Summary Nr: 201794906 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 11/28/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119820280	11/28/2001	1761	0	Manual Ochoa, Homeowner

Abstract: At 12:15 p.m. on November 28, 2001, Employee #1, a day laborer, was installing a thin steel skirt around the bottom of a mobile home, which was located on a rented lot at a mobile home park. Employee #1 was performing a cutting job using a portable abrasive cutter when the wheel on the portable cutter broke apart. Employee #1 sustained lacerations to the right side of the face and the right leg. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: PORTABLE POWER TOOL, WHEEL, GUARD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, MOBILE HOME, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119820280			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers

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