Accident Report Detail

Accident: 170888697 - Employee Suffers Concussion When Struck By Rigging Plate

**Accident: 170888697 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 01/29/1997**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
125505941	02/04/1997	1623	Underground Construction Company

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		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	125505941			Non Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting FatCause: Other

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