OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #660217
WIRE ROPE,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,LACERATION,STRUCK BY,FACE
Event description
Employee's face lacerated when struck by broken wire
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was guiding wire spacing around a concrete water tank when the wire broke, striking and lacerating his face.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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