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Accident Summary Nr: 14451462 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY ROCKS & DIRT (EXCAVATION WORK)

Accident Summary Nr: 14451462 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 10/11/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14954812	11/06/1984	9199	0	City Of Henderson Public Works

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN THE BOTTOM OF A UNSHORED, 13'7" DEEP EXCAVATION. THE SOIL IN THE EXCAVATION WAS LOOSE, SANDY AND ROCKY. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BENT OVER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE EXCAVATION, PREPARING THE BOTTOM FOR A SEWER MAIN LINE AND A MAN HOLE. A WATER TRUCK PULLED UP NEXT TO THE EXCAVATION TO SPRAY THE BOTTOM OF THE EXCAVATION. WHEN THE SPRAYING OPERATION WAS COMPLETED, THE WATER TRUCK DRIVER LEFT THE TRUCK WHERE IT WAS. WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BENT OVER IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EXCAVATION, ONE SIDE OF THE EXCAVATION, AT THE TOP, GAVE WAY, SENDING ROCKS AND SANDY DIRT ONTO EMPLOYEE #1. HE RECEIVED INJURIES TO HIS BACK AND BUTTOCKS.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE SOIL, CAVE-IN, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14954812			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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