Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170897847 - Employee's toes injured when pinned in trench

Accident Summary Nr: 170897847 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 11/05/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126127646	11/16/1998	1761	0	Paul Gardner Corp.

Abstract: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on November 5, 1998, Employee #1, of the Paul Gardner Corporation, was using a chipping gun to cut concrete. He was standing over a 6 in. deep by 10 in. wide section of a trench on a freeway overpass in Pasadena, CA, when his right foot slipped into the trench. It became pinned between a section of rebar and a communication pipe that was being installed at the same time. Employee #1 dislocated his big toe and fractured his second toe, for which he was hospitalized for three nights at Loma Linda Medical Center.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CAUGHT BETWEEN, DISLOCATED, TOE, FOOT

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126127646			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 2 feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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