Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202554986 - Worker Cuts Face When Piece of Glass He Was Moving Breaks

Accident Summary Nr: 202554986 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 08/29/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315530691	09/07/2012	1542	236220	Gluck Development Company, Inc Dba Gluck Building

Abstract: On August 29, 2012, Employee #1, a 44-year-old male construction laborer with Gluck Development Company Inc Dba Gluck Building., was part of the remodeling job. Employee #1 and two coworkers were in the process of moving a piece of glass, which they had just removed, from a large window. This glass pane measured six-foot by seven-foot. They lifted it from the ground and were going to place it on a drywall cart to haul away to the dumpster. While they were carrying it to the cart, the glass pane flexed and broke into several pieces. A piece of the broken glass hit Employee #1 on the left side of his face. Employee #1 suffered serious laceration to the left side of his face. Employee #1 was treated and hospitalized for two-days. Employee #1 was not a contract employee. This Employer was engaged in construction and remodeling activities for the commercial and residential buildings.

Keywords: BROKEN GLASS, GLASS PACK, LACERATION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315530691			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Other

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