Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202317574 - Employee's Hip Is Crushed by Steel Shoring Plates

Accident Summary Nr: 202317574 -- Report ID: 0950653 -- Event Date: 01/05/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303586747	01/06/2005	1623	237120	Arb Inc

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on January 5, 2005, Employee #1 and his foreman were installing a cave-in protection shoring system. He was working in an excavation, approximately 35 ft deep, leveling the bottom soil, when a cave-in pushed over two un-supported steel shoring plates. One of the plates landed on the employee trapping him underneath. Employee #1 sustained serious crushing injuries to his hip and internal organs and was hospitalized.

Keywords: STEEL PLATE, INSTALLING, CRUSHED, CAVE-IN, EVACUATION, HIP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000		35

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303586747			Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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