Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201073905 - Employee Is Struck By Falling Rock, Fractures Ribs
Accident: 201073905 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 04/29/2009 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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312678204 | 05/07/2009 | 1611 | Skanska Usa W Ca Dist Inc. | ||||
At approximately 1:30 p.m. on April 29, 2009, Employee #1 was in a trench leveling the ground for laying concrete pipes. At the work location Employee #1 was facing the pipes and his back was towards the soil pile. A coworker was operating an excavator above Employee #1. During the excavators travel, it loosened the soil and a rock rolled down and hit Employee #1 on the back. Employee #1 sustained fractured ribs. Employee #1 was hospitalized overnight. | |||||||
Keywords:
excavation, fracture, rock, construction, trench, rib, excavator, struck by, falling object
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Highway, road, street | New project or new addition | $20,000,000 and over | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 312678204 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile |