Accident Report Detail
Accident: 111252.015 - Employee Cuts Through Femoral Artery With Knife While Replac
Accident: 111252.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 10/18/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1354962.015 | 10/23/2018 | Ericsson Inc. | |||||
At 1:48 p.m. on October 18, 2018, an employee was working on the top of an apart ment building roof wile upgrading the AT&T modules and was cutting the old coax with a straight blade when it slipped and cut into his femoral artery in his lef t thigh. The employee's coworker applied a tourniquet immediately and the emplo yee was transported to the hospital. The employee was admitted for treatment. | |||||||
Keywords:
artery, blade, cable tv work, knife, laceration, thigh
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1354962.015 | 20 | M | Hospitalized injury | Technicians, n.e.c. |