Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171058514 - Employee's leg fractured by material falling into excavation

Accident Summary Nr: 171058514 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 12/18/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301165445	12/20/1999	1622	0	Wasatch Constructors

Abstract: Employee #1 was working in an 13 ft deep excavation with side wall shoring when loose, rock-like material rolled down the sloped embankment and struck his lower left leg, fracturing it.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		13

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301165445			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Other

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