Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 960351 - Employee injured in excavation cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 960351 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 03/16/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111860748	03/17/1993	1629	0	North American Construction Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1 was remodeling an old post office building to bring it up to earthquake code. To install rebar and concrete around the basement column, he had to dig an excavation that was approximately 10 ft by 9 ft by 10 ft deep. He was down approximately 5 ft and was leveling to put in shoring when the wall collapsed, pinning him against the column. Employee #1 was hospitalized. The cave-in occurred under a wall column that rested on a concrete slab.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, PINNED, COLUMN, CONSTRUCTION, SHORING, SLOPING, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111860748			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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