Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202342317 - Employee's Legs Are Fractured in Excavation Cave-In

Accident Summary Nr: 202342317 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 12/11/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312809882	12/11/2008	1794	238910	Roadway Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: On December 11, 2008, Employee #1, a laborer, was working in a 16 ft deep excavation for a new subway entrance. They were demolishing a reinforced concrete wall of an abandoned sewer. Employee #1 cut a piece of rebar from a section of the demolished wall, and the wall fell and struck him. Employee #1 was hospitalized with two fractured legs.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, CAVE-IN, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312809882			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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