Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201952637 - Employee injured when cloths caught in rotating machinery

Accident Summary Nr: 201952637 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 10/11/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102456316	10/11/2000	1711	0	Bates Sprinkler

Abstract: Workers were performing boring operations for installation of a lawn sprinkler system when Employee #1 tried to adjust the angle of the rotating boring rods with his hands. His clothes were caught on the rotating rod causing a fracture to his wrist and leg. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROTATING PARTS, ROTATING SHAFT, CAUGHT BY, CRUSHED, NIP POINT, HAND, UNGUARDED, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	102456316			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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