Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127268.015 - Employee's foot is fractured by falling metal lid

Accident Summary Nr: 127268.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 01/06/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1460113.015	01/31/2020		332313	Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc.

Abstract: At 10:55 a.m. on January 6, 2020, an employee was operating a Hypertherm plasma cutter in a metal fabrication shop when he went to transfer a 64-pound metal lid from the cutting table to a holding rack. The employee was placing the lid on the rack when it bounced, fell through the open bottom, and hit the top of his foot. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured foot.

Keywords: Cutting, Falling Object, Foot, Fracture, Machine operator, Material Handling, Metal, Metal Saw, Storage Rack, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1460113.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.

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