OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221393606

MARSHALLTOWN, CITY OF WATER WORKS

MARSHALLTOWN, IA· 2021-09-16T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken, Broken Bone, Catch Point, Chop Saw, Construction, Couplings, Cutting, Face, Flying Object, Hand Tool, Inexperience, Installing, Iron, Laborer, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Metal Pipe, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nose, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pipe, Sawblade, Struck By, Undrgrd Installation, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 924110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345540454
Employer profile: MARSHALLTOWN, CITY OF WATER WORKS
Summary number: 221393606
Report ID: 0751910
Project type: C
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee lacerates face and breaks nose while operating chop

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on September 16, 2021, an employee working as a construction laborer for a city water works was using a chop saw. The employee was cutting 6-inch ductal iron pipe to install a 45 coupler on the end. As the employee was finishing his cut, the saw became pinched causing the blade to strike the employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken nose and laceration to his face.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 55 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
869

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