OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394480
MAINTENANCE,FOREHEAD,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,SAW,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,BLADE
Event description
Employee killed when struck by flying part of saw blade
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a 65HP concrete saw equipped with a 36 in. diameter diamon d impregnated blade. He was sawing the edge off a concrete approach ramp to a tr uck scale because the metal scale was rubbing on the edge of the approach when t he blade flew apart. It broke the guard, and a piece of the blade struck Employe e #1 across the forehead. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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