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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #978908

PORTABLE POWER TOOL,FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,NOSE,STRUCK BY,FACE

Event
PORTABLE POWER TOOL,FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,NOSE,STRUCK BY,FACE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
978908
Report ID
950411

Event description

Employee injured when struck in face by post tension machine

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was straddling a 10 in., 80 ft high wall. He was struck in the face by a hand-held post tension machine and suffered a fractured nose.

Victims (3)

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    9
    Event type
    1
    Source
    21
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    12
    Environmental factor
    8
    Hazardous substance
    8880
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0
  3. #982 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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