Accident Report Detail
Accident: 14296339 - Employee'S Head Cut When Struck By Falling Cinder Block
Accident: 14296339 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 07/02/1986 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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18851725 | 07/14/1986 | 7363 | Maryland Maintenance Services Division | ||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
18851733 | 07/10/1986 | 1542 | Kasco Chesapeake Builders, Inc. | ||||
Employee #1, a laborer, was watching a Hyster lift truck place a pallet of cinder blocks onto a scaffold that was three bucks high. A cinder block fell from the pallet, hit the scaffold, and bounced outward. It struck Employee #1 on the shoulder and head. He was transported to Howard County General Hospital, where he received eight stitches in his head. Employee #1 was not equipped with or instructed to wear a hard hat while on site. | |||||||
Keywords:
clearance, head, hard hat, unsecured, work rules, laceration, concrete block, construction, struck by, falling object
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 18851725 | Occupation Not Listed | |||||
2 | 18851733 | Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Construction laborers |