Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201509056 - Employee's Eye Is Burned by Wet Concrete

Accident Summary Nr: 201509056 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 09/16/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312353816	09/30/2008	1771	238110	Cemex Construction Material, Llc.

Abstract: At 12:14 p.m., on September 16, 2008, Employee #1, a truck driver, was standing by the side of a pump truck that was pumping concrete. Wet concrete burst from a reducer elbow discharge line of the pump truck and struck Employee #1 on his face, blowing off his safety glasses. He sustained a chemical burn of his right eye. He was hospitalized for treatment and was discharged at 12:00 p.m. on September 19, 2008.

Keywords: EYE, CONCRETE TRUCK, CONSTRUCTION, CHEMICAL BURN, ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE, CONCRETE, MECH MALFUNCTION, TRUCK DRIVER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	9	81

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312353816			Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Truck drivers, heavy

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