Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 909861 - Employee's foot fractured in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 909861 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 10/30/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111023909	11/01/1990	1629	0	Ruscon Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a shovel to look for pile caps in a trench measuring 6 ft deep, 3 ft wide at the bottom, and 13 ft wide at the top. Suddenly, a wall of the excavation, along with excavated soil, fell into the excavation, covering the employee to his hip level, knocking him down, and fracturing his foot. The excavation was not sloped or shored and the excavated material was stored on the edge of the excavation.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN, HIP, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111023909			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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