Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202545182 - Employee Is Injured in Fall Into Mortar Mixer

Accident Summary Nr: 202545182 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 02/27/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314864687	03/18/2013	1521	236115	Juan M Perea

Abstract: At approximately 12:16 p.m. on February 27, 2013, an employee, as was his usual practice, had climbed to the top edge of the mortar mixer to spray water onto stucco in the mixer. The employee was standing on the top edge of a gasoline powered mortar mixer and fell into the moving paddles while it was running. The employee was hospitalized for nineteen days. He sustained serious injuries requiring hospitalization and surgery. The mortar mixer was not guarded. The employee's work position was not appropriate of the task.

Keywords: MIXER, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, NIP POINT, UNGUARDED, WORK SURFACE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314864687			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Other

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