Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170888697 - Employee suffers concussion when struck by rigging plate

Accident Summary Nr: 170888697 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 01/29/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125505941	02/04/1997	1623	0	Underground Construction Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was working in a 3 ft deep bore pit, installing a 4 in. round conduit under a highway. The base plate of the rigging equipment buckled and struck his hard hat with great force. Employee #1 suffered a concussion.

Keywords: HEAD, INSTALLING, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, HOIST, PIT, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125505941			Non Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Other

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