Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201077229 - Employee Injures Leg When Struck by Manhole Base

Accident Summary Nr: 201077229 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 10/04/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315342329	10/11/2011	1623	237110	Kta Construction, Inc

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on September 26, 2011, Employee #1, a pipe layer, was in an excavation approximately 10 ft underground. Another employee, a backhoe operator, was standing at the backhoe's controls lowering a 48 in. concrete manhole base weighing approximately 2,500 lbs into the excavation by a sling on a backhoe bucket. The backhoe operator's vest caught on the control levers and as he sat down, the manhole base on the sling swung up against Employee #1 and pinned him between the load and the side of the excavation. The backhoe operator then dropped the base causing the concrete manhole to scrape the lower left leg of Employee #1 and land on his left foot. Employee #1 did not seek medical attention until October 4, 2011. He was hospitalized for a serious infection. (Note: Event date states 10/04/2011. Narrative states event happened on September 26, 2011.)

Keywords: CLOTHING, EXCAVATION, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, INFECTION, STRUCK BY, MANHOLE, BACKHOE BUCKET, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315342329			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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