Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170698419 - Employees' Ankles Injured By Collapsing Wall
Accident: 170698419 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 09/15/1992 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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119931459 | 09/18/1992 | 1791 | R.S.P., Inc. | ||||
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on September 15, 1992, at the construction site of R.P.S., Inc., in Granada Hills, CA, Employees #1 and #2, iron workers, were setting up a reinforcing rebar wall for the proposed overflow of the filtration plant for the Metropolitan Water District. The reinforcing wall fell on their ankles. Employee #1 sustained a fractured ankle and Employee #2 suffered a sprained ankle. The Los Angeles Fire Department took Employee #1 to Holy Cross Hospital and Employee #2 to Granada Hills Community Hospital. Both were given appropriate treatment, placed under observation, and released. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, wall, rebar, collapse, iron worker, construction, struck by, sprain, ankle
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 119931459 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Structural metal workers | |||
2 | 119931459 | Non Hospitalized injury | Other | Structural metal workers |