Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202490710 - Falling Rock Strikes and Injures Worker

Accident Summary Nr: 202490710 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 10/21/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125827113	10/26/2010	1611	237310	Hi-Tech Rockfall Construction Inc

Abstract: On October 21, 2010, Employee #1, a 33 year-old male with Hi-Tech Rockfall Construction Inc., a construction contractor was installing netting on the slope surface at the edge of a state highway. Employee #1 works for the company as an equipment operator. Employee #1 was sitting in the skid steer waiting for the netting to be placed on the slopped surface by a crane. A rock approximately eight-inches in diameter broke loose of the slope approximately 50 feet away from Employee #1's position. The rock bounced several times down the slope and into Employee #1's lap in the skid steer. Employee #1's right leg was severely cut. Employee #1 was hospitalized as a result of the event and underwent surgery to his right calf.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, ROCK, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, SLOPE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		150

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125827113			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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