Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170618391 - Employee injured when pinned between boulders

Accident Summary Nr: 170618391 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 05/28/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125853309	07/08/1998	1623	0	Ford Construction Co Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:40 p.m. on May 28, 1998, Employee #1 was working at a water pipeline construction project along Highway 89 in South Lake Tahoe, CA. He drilled holes across a 5 to 6 ft diameter boulder, then inserted a splitting tool and applied pressure, breaking the rock as expected. Employee #1 was standing on an adjacent boulder when his splitting tool then dropped into a crack and pulled him off balance. He slipped into the space between the two boulders as the split half of the drilled rock slowly rolled backward and pinned him. Employee #1 was taken by ambulance to Barton Memorial Hospital, where he was treated for deep bruises to both upper thighs and admitted overnight for observation.

Keywords: PINNED, BOULDER, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, THIGH, CAUGHT BETWEEN, FALL, LOST BALANCE, CONTUSION, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125853309			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Other

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