Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201156544 - Employee Suffers Lacerations When Mirror Glass Breaks

Accident Summary Nr: 201156544 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/27/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300859907	10/09/2002	1793	238150	So Cal Installations

Abstract: At approximately 11:10 a.m. on September 27, 2002, Employee #1, a shop laborer, suffered a serious left wrist laceration. Employee #1 was removing a broken piece of a large o.25-in. un-tempered plate glass mirror from the shop table when the mirror broke as he started to lift it. A glass shard cut Employee #1's left wrist cutting arteries, veins and nerves. Employee #1 was not wearing his employer provided wrist guards and gloves. Employee #1 was hospitalized for two days.

Keywords: PPE, LACERATION, ARTERY, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300859907			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Hand cutting and trimming occupations

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