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Accident: 202446399 - Employee'S Leg Is Caught In Auger And Lacerated
Accident: 202446399 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 03/23/2007 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 310598131 | 04/24/2007 | 1741 | Asr Constructors Inc | ||||
| At approximately 8:55 a.m. on March 23, 2007, Employee #1 and some coworkers were pouring the A-type curb utilizing a "KURBER Model Number 5000" machine at the south side of parking lot Number 3. Employee #1 was pushing down wet concrete mix with a shovel from the chute of a ready-concrete mix-truck into the machine hopper. Employee #1 was standing on the top right section of the open hopper. The hopper rear edge was 30.375-in. above the ground. As Employee #1 was pushing the concrete mix, the truck moved forward. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell into the hopper and his left lower leg was caught in the rotating paddles of the auger. Employee #1 sustained severe laceration injuries of his left lower leg and left foot. Employee #1 was taken the hospital for treatment. Surgery was performed and Employee #1 was hospitalized for one week. | |||||||
Keywords:
concrete truck, caught by, construction, laceration, auger, fall, lost balance, hopper, leg
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Other building | New project or new addition | $5,000,000 to $20,000,000 | 2 | 25 | |||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
| 1 | 310598131 | Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Carpenter apprentices | |||