Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 689885 - Employee's leg later amputated after tunnel roof cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 689885 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 07/12/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104511779	07/14/1986	1622	0	Obayashi Corp.

Abstract: At 6:05 a.m. on July 12, 1986, Employee #1 was a member of a crew that was in a tunnel installing ground support over a mining machine when an approximately 8 ft long by 3 ft wide by 18 in. thick chunk of the tunnel's crown fell onto his right leg. At 6:15 a.m., he was brought to the surface and taken to the hospital, where his leg was amputated below the knee. The tunnel face was approximately 965 ft from the main construction shaft.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, CAVE-IN, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104511779			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers

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