Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201103751 - Construction employee fractures leg in excavation cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 201103751 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 12/04/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120143508	01/30/2003	1794	238910	Teichert Construction

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on December 4, 2002, a construction employee was working in a 12-foot-deep excavation checking the grade. According to an engineering study, the excavation was sloped and a layer of shale rock was running parallel to the excavation. At the time of the accident, the west side of the excavation collapsed and caught the employee below the knee area. The employee was hospitalized for emergency treatment of a fractured leg.

Keywords: KNEE, EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, CAVE-IN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120143508			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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