Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200772531 - Employee sustained back injury from fall into sump pit

Accident Summary Nr: 200772531 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 03/05/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306094871	03/05/2003	1542	236220	Shea/Traylor/Healy, Joint Venture

Abstract: An employee was dismantling and salvaging a temporary water treatment facility that was used to treat water pumped from the Metro West Tunnel. He was retrieving some wood, also known as dunnage, to be used for blocks. The blocks were to be laid underneath structural steel columns that were being dismantled. The employee was working adjacent to an open hole, or sump pit, when he slipped and fell 8 feet 8 inches into the sump pit. He was hospitalized with a back strain.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, BACK, PIT, SLIPPERY SURFACE, SPRAIN, WATER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Other		$20,000,000 and over		8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306094871			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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