Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200771715 - Employee Injured When Struck By Blade
Accident: 200771715 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 03/14/2002 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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303810774 | 03/14/2002 | 1623 | S & R Construction Inc. | ||||
On March 14, 2002, Employee #1, of S & R Construction, was cutting a 16-in. concrete pipe with a gas powered cutoff saw with a diamond tip blade. The pipe pinched the saw blade in place and when Employee #1 went to pull the saw out of the pipe, the blade ran up the pipe striking the employee in the face. The saw had the trigger locked in running position. Employee #1 was hospitalized with cuts to his face. | |||||||
Keywords:
construction, saw, laceration, pipe, struck by, hand tool, blade, face, untrained
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | $20,000,000 and over | 3 | 50 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 303810774 | Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile |