Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Chivers Construction Company, Inc.
Start: 10/15/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181010595 · 10/15/2018 · Chivers Construction Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Saws-powered, except chainsaws

Employer

Name: Chivers Construction Company, Inc.
Location: Intersecion of York St. & Grand St., CORRY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16407
NAICS: 237110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working in an excavation to install a new water line. The employee was cutting an existing steel pipe with a cut-off saw when the pipe broke and caused the saw to kick back. The saw blade contacted and lacerated the employee's neck, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown