Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14514293 - EMPLOYEE INJURED IN TRENCH CAVE IN

Accident Summary Nr: 14514293 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 02/28/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110298049	02/28/1991	1794	0	Gene Keller & Sons General Contractors Inc.

Abstract: AN EXCAVATION, APPROXIMATELY 4 1/2 TO 5 FEET DEEP, DUG NEXT TO A BUILDING, CONTAINED A SECTION OF FROZEN SOIL. THE SECTION WAS 4 FEET LONG, 3 FEET WIDE AND A FOOT THICK. IT WAS LOCATED BETWEEN THE FOUNDATION WALL AND THE OPEN EXCAVATION. THE SECTION GRADUALLY THAWED, AND AFTER APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR FELL AWAY FROM THE FOUNDATION WALL. THE FALLING SECTION STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE LEG, CAUSING AN INJURY THAT DID NOT REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE SOIL, FROZEN, CAVE-IN, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110298049			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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