Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170900658 - Employee Injured When Powder Load Triggered
Accident: 170900658 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 09/08/1997 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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126055805 | 09/09/1997 | 1751 | R E Lee Design And Construction Inc | ||||
At approximately 8:35 a.m. on September 8, 1997, Employee #1, a laborer for R.E. Lee Design and Construction, Inc., Reseda, CA, went outside the studio building to retrieve some lumber. He was helping to set up for the frame for a platform that was to be built. As Employee #1 was leaving, a hammer fell from his hand and hit a powder load on the ground. The impact triggered the load, and Employee #1 was struck near his right eye. At the time of the accident, he had been working for this employer for five days. | |||||||
Keywords:
eye, construction, struck by, combustible dust, powder, face, accidental discharge
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Manufacturing plant | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 | 1 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 126055805 | Hospitalized injury | Concussion | Carpenter apprentices | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Forming FatCause: Fire/explosion |