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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
31280988212/11/20081794238910Roadway 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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