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Accident Summary Nr: 170618722 - Employee injured in same-level fall in trench

Accident Summary Nr: 170618722 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 06/17/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125851659	07/22/1998	4931	0	Sacramento Municiple Utility District

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on January 17, 1999, Employee #1 was removing a large rock from a 2 ft deep excavation. He was rigging a sling to move the rock when he tripped and fell backward, catching his foot between the trench wall and the rock. He sustained multiple fractures to his left ankle, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, PINNED, TRENCH, CAUGHT BETWEEN, TRIPPED, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALL, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125851659			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Specified mechanics and repairers

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