Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201101433 - Employee Falls After Trench Edge Breaks Away
Accident: 201101433 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 01/07/2000 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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125672782 | 04/04/2000 | 1731 | Industrial Electric Service Co | ||||
Employee #1 worked for an electrical contractor as a journeyman electrician. Employee #1 was walking at the edge of a 4 ft deep excavation when a portion of the edge gave way causing him to fall into the excavation. The excavation did not cave-in. The edge at the top for a few inches broke away causing Employee #1 to lose his balance. He fractured his left knee in the fall and was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
excavation, collapse, blocks, trench, lost balance
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Manufacturing plant | New project or new addition | $250,000 to $500,000 | 4 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 125672782 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Misc. electrical & electronic equipment repairers | FallDist: FallHt:4 Cause: Excavation FatCause: Fall, other |