Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170735682 - Employee's ankle fractured when struck by falling pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 170735682 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 08/15/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120051230	08/21/1995	1541	0	Steve P. Rados, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, of Steve P. Rados, Inc., Santa Ana, CA, was in an excavation guiding a clam bucket with a tag line. Excavation materials were being hauled away from the trench by the clam bucket. The clam was lowered into the trench but caught soft dirt, causing the clam to tip sideways and hit a shoring strut pipe. The strut pipe fell to the ground and landed on Employee #1's ankle. Suffering a fracture, Employee #1 was hospitalized. The employer was cited for a serious safety violation.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, PIPE, SHORING, STRUCK BY, SLOPING, FALLING OBJECT, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120051230			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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