Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 691048 - Employee's leg broken when pinned by dirt

Accident Summary Nr: 691048 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 06/20/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3270717	06/20/1985	1771	0	Canyon View Concrete

Abstract: Employee #1 was stripping concrete forms from the inside of the garage of a house that was under construction. As he was removing the form hardware, a coworker removed a 2 by 4 brace that extended 8 ft from the form to a dirt pile in the center of the garage. When the brace was removed, a large piece of dirt that had been 8 ft from the form rolled down the bank, pinning Employee #1's leg against the form and breaking it.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, FRACTURE, DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, PINNED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, BRACING, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3270717			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Concrete and terrazzo finishers

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