Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170828115 - Employee paralyzed when struck by falling foundation

Accident Summary Nr: 170828115 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 11/04/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127378685	11/04/1996	1794	0	Concrete Demolition Services

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were working in a 12 ft long by 8 to 13 ft wide by 6 ft 9 in. deep excavation to undermine the foundation of an existing building by 2 ft 6 in. Employee #1 was squatting down, with part of his body under the foundation, when the bottom of the foundation fell on his back. He was paralyzed from the waist down. The foundation had been constructed in sections and without rebar.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, PARALYSIS, REBAR, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127378685			Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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