Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201954013 - Employee is injured when crushed under concrete walkway

Accident Summary Nr: 201954013 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 10/24/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308367507	10/26/2004	1522	236118	Dan Driskell Restoration, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working in an excavation, extending the foundation wall footer of a house. The basement floor had been totally demolished and dug out, leaving only a walkway formed by the undisturbed concrete of the basement floor. However, the walkway was severely undermined. Two employees were standing on the walkway hoisting dirt out of the excavation in a 5-gallon bucket with a pulley system. Employee #1 was in the excavation and was trying to put the dirt that was being dug out of the excavation back under the undermined walkway. The walkway gave way and collapsed on Employee #1, crushing him and causing the two employees on the walkway to fall into the excavation. Employee #1 sustained a broken back, a broken neck, and six fractured ribs. He was hospitalized with his injuries. After further investigation, it was determined that the sidewall protection the company was using was not adequate and was not designed by a registered P.E. nor was there any tabulated data.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, CRUSHED, RIB, NECK, SHORING, CONCRETE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308367507			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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