Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201630332 - EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY ROCK DURING TUNNEL OPERATION

Accident Summary Nr: 201630332 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 03/20/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301868394	03/24/1998	1611	0	J F Shea Co Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 had prepared the rock bolts and was handing a bolt to the installer, when a rock fell out of the east quarter arch of the tunnel. The rock, measuring approximately 18-to-20-inches long and 12-to-14-inches wide and 6-inches thick, first struck Employee #1 on the back left side of the head and then on the left shoulder blade. Employee #1 suffered a broken left shoulder blade and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, TUNNEL, SHOULDER, ROCK, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		1200

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301868394			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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