Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201122736 - Employee Fractured Leg - Caught In Cable Being Pulled

Accident Summary Nr: 201122736 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 11/14/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125526848	11/17/2000	1623	0	K. J. Woods Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a foreman, fractured his left leg when it became caught in a loop in a cable being pulled. He was in an excavated pit supervising the placement of a new 8-inch sewer pipe by a method called "pipe busting" to replace an old 6-inch line. He was watching a cable being pulled through the old sewer line from another pit when his left foot became caught in a loop in the cable. He did not notice that the cable line was buried in the mud at the bottom of the excavation site. He fractured his left leg about four inches above his ankle. He went to a local hospital for treatment.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WIRE ROPE, LEG

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	125526848			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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