Inspection Detail

Inspection: 303727440 - H.L. Muhlbach Construction

Inspection Information - Office: Omaha Area Office

Inspection Nr: 303727440

Report ID: 0728900

Date Opened: 05/01/2001

Site Address:
H.L. Muhlbach Construction
600 W. Bluff Road
Raymond, NE 68428

Mailing Address:
14605 N. 56th, Lincoln, NE 68514

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1794

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/04/2001

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis: S:Construction

Case Closed: 05/04/2001

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	200052561	Yes

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200051191

Event: 05/01/2001

Employee Trapped by Excavation Collapse

On May 1, 2001 Employee #1 was inspecting an excavation. The excavation was approximately 4 ft deep and the same diameter of an average manhole cover. Employee #1 was crouched down in this shallow hole to check the consistency of the soil when the backside of the hole collapsed onto his legs pinning him in the hole. Employee #1 struggled to get free from the hole but was unsuccessful. Employee #1 was trapped for about 6.5 hours before a search was initiated by his spouse. Employee #1 was found after 1 hour of searching and the fire department was summoned. The first responders arrived at the site and found Employee #1 trapped in the hole and covered in water up to his chest. Fire personnel used buckets to remove a majority of the water and then freed Employee #1. Employee #1 was transported to a local hospital with circulatory injuries to his lower right leg and subsequent renal failure. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, COLLAPSE, PINNED, KIDNEY, LEG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303727440			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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