Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14257471 - Employee injured in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 14257471 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 03/20/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15290679	03/20/1985	1541	0	M&M Engineering Company

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on March 20, 1985, Employee #1 was preparing to lay a length of 6 in. drain pipe in a trench that was 30 feet long by 5 feet wide by 12 feet deep. The trench walls were nearly vertical and were not shored, sheeted, braced, or otherwise supported. The trench was dug in sandy soil with some mica content. The pipe had been lowered into the trench and Employee #1 was about to hook up two sections when the south wall caved in. Employee #1 was in a kneeling position and was covered with dirt to about his shoulders. He sustained a severe bruise to his knee.

Keywords: KNEE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, UNSTABLE SOIL, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15290679			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Supervisors; plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters

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