Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14517015 - Employee's knee injured after excavation cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 14517015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 09/11/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17662578	09/11/1990	1731	0	Tri-City Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on September 6, 1990, Employee #1 was working in an excavation with two other employees when a wall of the excavation caved in and buried the lower portion of his body and twisted his right leg. The employee was hospitalized with a severe knee injury. The other employees were not injured. The excavation was approximately 10 feet deep by 20 feet long by 12 feet wide. The excavation was not shored and the walls were not adequately sloped.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SHORING, SLOPING, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17662578			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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