Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201180361 - Employee's ankle fractured when excavation wall collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 201180361 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 05/12/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125497933	05/12/2000	1541	0	Mjm Builders, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on May 12, 2000, Employee #1, a laborer for MJM Builders, Inc., was using 3 by 12 lumber to construct a form in front of a 9 ft tall, vertically cut excavation. As he worked, he felt a few small rocks hitting his hardhat, looked up, and saw a part of the top of the excavation wall falling in on him. He turned and tried to run, but the material fell on his back and trapped him. Employee #1 suffered a fractured his left ankle and was transported by ambulance to San Francisco General Hospital.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE SOIL, SLOPING, FALLING OBJECT, ANKLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	9	108

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125497933			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 108 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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