Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201185493 - Employee's Neck Is Fractured Falling Down

Accident Summary Nr: 201185493 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 09/20/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312689847	09/22/2010	1623	237110	Ntk Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on September 20, 2010, Employee #1, a construction laborer, was installing a storm drain. The foreman was on the job in another area of the site, and the excavation was already dug and shored. The access into the excavation was provided by a ramp. Employee #1 was using a 5-gallon bucket to scoop out the standing water left from the previous night's rain. He stood up and bumped his head against the hydraulic shore bracing used to hold up the vertical walls of the excavation to prevent caving-in. Employee #1 fell face down and he was paralyzed. Employee #1 was hospitalized for five broken vertebrae in his neck and a weakened right leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, PARALYSIS, DITCH, STRUCK AGAINST, FALL, VERTEBRA, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312689847			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Other

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