Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201068137 - Employee Fractures Ankle When Struck by Sediment

Accident Summary Nr: 201068137 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 08/06/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125943886	09/16/2004	4952	221320	Veolia Water North America Operating Services, Llc

Abstract: On August 6, 2004, Employee #1, a wastewater treatment operator working for Veolia Water North America Operating Services, located in San Diego, California started his work at about 8:00 a.m. He was assigned to remove the plastic media and sulfate salts from the primary sedimentation odor control scrubber vessel. Employee #1 was inside the odor control vessel trying to chip and dislodge a large slab of the bound plastic media and sulfate salts from the inside wall of the vessel. The slab collapsed and fell on Employee #1's right ankle as he tried to jump through the access portal. Employee #1 crawled out of the portal into the bucket of a backhoe, which was being used to collect the chipped fragments of the mass media from inside of the vessel tower. Employee #1 severely fractured his right ankle and rib, and severely bruised his right shoulder and right elbow. Employee #1 was transported to UCSD Medical Center by paramedics. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SHOULDER, CHEMICAL VESSEL, RIB, STRUCK BY, ANKLE, CHEMICAL, CONTUSION, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125943886			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Water and sewage treatment plant operators

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