Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201179330 - Employee Fractures Leg in Excavation Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 201179330 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 02/28/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309366235	03/01/2006	1623	237110	Frontier Contracting Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were fixing a leaking pipe in a 16-foot deep excavation at a sewer line pumping station. They were hand excavating around the pipe, when the wall of the excavation collapsed. Employee #1 was crushed against the pipe and fractured his leg. He was hospitalized with his injury.

Keywords: SEWER, EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, REPAIR, COLLAPSE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, PIPE, SHORING, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309366235			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Other

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