Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 958827 - Employee injured in fall to manhole bottom

Accident Summary Nr: 958827 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 10/08/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111914602	10/24/1991	1623	0	D.C. Construction

Abstract: On October 8, 1992, Employee #1 was being lowered into a completed 16 ft deep manhole by makeshift means, a chain looped over a bucket frame member on a loader. The other end of the chain was looped with the hook through a chain link. Employee #1 stood in the loop and hung on to the chain. As he was lowered, the chain slipped off the bucket and Employee #1 fell to the bottom of the manhole and then was struck by the chain. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: CHAIN, LOADER BUCKET, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, NECK, STRUCK BY, MANHOLE, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111914602			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers

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