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OSHA Injury Report: Fort Myer Construction

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Fort Myer Construction in 2237 33rd St. NE, Washington, DC 20018 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was assistant Utility Foreman in highway street and bridge construction industry.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Fort Myer Construction
Parent company
Fort Myer Construction
Street
2237 33rd St. NE
City
Washington
State
DC
ZIP
20018
On-site location
5513 Englishman pl. N. Bethesda; Md

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
21

Before the incident

During the cutting operation the weight of the pipe started applying pressure to the saw blade and eventually pinched the blade of the saw; causing the chop saw to bind and kick back towards the worker.

What happened

At approximately [REDACTED]; an FMCC employee was working on an emergency water main break; performing excavation at a depth of 4 '6; a width of 5 '4; and a length of 12 '4.While cutting a 6 Ductile Iron Pipe (DIP) with a diamond blade chop saw; the saw cut through the pipe; causing the pipe to pinch the blade. This resulted in a kickback; which caused the employee to fall backward. During the incident; the chop saw kicked back striking the worker in the face. Contacted the employees right cheek; causing a laceration.

Injury or illness

Right side of the lower face approx 3 to 4 inches.

Object or substance involved

The body of the chop saw. Exact location of the body of the saw was not able to be determined from the worker due to how quickly the chain of events occurred.

Summary line

At [REDACTED] an FMCC employee excavating an emergency water main break (4 '6 deep 5 '4 wide 12 '4 long) cut 6 DIP with a diamond-blade chop saw. The blade pinched kicked back and struck the workers face lacerating the right cheek.

Employee and industry

Job description
Assistant Utility Foreman
SOC code
47-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Wo
NAICS code
237310 — highway street and bridge construction industry
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
703
Total hours worked
1411754
EIN
540956585
Establishment ID
1529544
Employer case #
3

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
14:20
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02MAR26:18:24:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.