Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202501516 - Employee Is Injured Falling Into Excavation

Accident Summary Nr: 202501516 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 07/16/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312269814	07/16/2008	1799	238190	Streetts Waterproofing Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:15 a.m. on July 16, 2008, Employee #1 was surveying the work of insulating a foundation. He stood on a pile of loose foundation tiles piled next to the foundation excavation. The pile shifted and he fell into the 7 ft deep excavation. He suffered a laceration to his head and contusions to his chest and shoulder.

Keywords: CHEST, EXCAVATION, HEAD, SHOULDER, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, UNSTABLE SOIL, LOST BALANCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	45

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312269814			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Waterproofing Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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