Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201632247 - Employee pinned between wall and sotrm drain inlet box

Accident Summary Nr: 201632247 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 11/19/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304947740	11/21/2001	1794	0	Northwest Earthmovers Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was guiding a storm drain inlet box into an excavation suspended from a track-hoe. One of the manhole picker inserts slipped out of the picking hole onto the concrete box. This caused the box to fall onto the Employee #1, pinning him between the excavation wall and the box. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, PINNED, TRENCH, MANHOLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304947740			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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